Why?

By : Forum Member
Published 14th February 2017 |
Read latest comment - 17th February 2017

Why am I seeing dots between people's names? Just thought I'd ask......


Thanks,
Barney
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How do you mean Barney? Could you show me a screenshot?


Thanks, Rachael Kennedy
MLS Marketing Team

Rachael.Kennedy......... Steve.Richardson....


Thanks,
Barney

Ahhh that's because you've been staring at the sun...

It's just a URL test. When we coded the forum we didn't think about the profile URL. If you choose a two word username and leave a space, this becomes part of your profile URL. Computers don't like spaces so supplement them with % which can make URL's look visually odd.

So we plan (one day) to rewrite a blank space with another character. Realistically it will be a "-" "_" or a "."

I think the dot looks better, others views seem to prefer the underscore.

So just a bit of URL vanity and house keeping, good spot though 


Steve Richardson
Gaffer of My Local Services
My Local Services | Me on LinkedIn

This is one of those moments when you wished you'd never asked.......way, way above my pea brain head

Ahhh that's because you've been staring at the sun...

It's just a URL test. When we coded the forum we didn't think about the profile URL. If you choose a two word username and leave a space, this becomes part of your profile URL. Computers don't like spaces so supplement them with % which can make URL's look visually odd.

So we plan (one day) to rewrite a blank space with another character. Realistically it will be a "-" "_" or a "."

I think the dot looks better, others views seem to prefer the underscore.

So just a bit of URL vanity and house keeping, good spot though 

 

 


Thanks,
Barney

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