Question No unicode URLS after upgrading to K1.7.1

After upgrading to K1.7.1 from K1.7.0 I no longer have unicode URLS (no greek characters that is), but a long string of "%" and latin letters and numbers...
With Kunena this used to be the case all along with IE for me, didn't read the url properly, but now I am getting the same behaviour with Firefox, which tells me that something is wrong.
Also, the page never finishes loading.

you can take a look here

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

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Hello,

Maybe you can try this change : github.com/810/Kunena-1.6/commit/85d6256...0037b0488014b017cd48

Just keep a copy of the existing file, if you want to come back at teh old state

first Backup your database,
regards 810

Regarding to the fix above, it works in most cases, but breaks existing URLs. It also breaks against HTTP RFC, meaning that some firewalls may block redirects back to the pages as illegal / hacking attempt (for example when you reply a post).

RE: K1.7.1: It looks like this will fix everything else than IE:

components/com_kunena/router.php lines 100-102:
Replace it with:
We are looking at better fix, that will fix all of the issues at once.

Thank you for your suggested fix..

I have tried it myself and I can confirm it works for me too.

Will be waiting for the general fix.

Cheers

Hello,

It seems I'm experiencing the same problem, but I'd rather be sure.

When I create a message whose title includes, to take an actual case, an "à" (the whole title was "Mise à jour"), the link in the category looks like this: 305-Mise-%C3-jour#305, with the "à" being replaced with "%C3". And when I click on it, it doesn't work (I get the typical message error). But if I replace the "%C3" with "à" (305-Mise-à-jour#305), then I can access the message.

Is it the same problem (which means I can try the fixes that are mentioned here) or is it something else (in which case I'll create a new post)?

Thanks a lot for the information

Database collation check: The collation of your table fields are correct

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Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle (default) | author: Kunena Team | version: 1.7.1 | creationdate: 2011-11-16

Kunena version detailled: Installed version: 1.7.1 | Build: 5162 | Version name: UnderUret | Kunena detailled configuration:

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Modules: Kunena Latest 1.7.0

I'm not sure if your problem is similar or whether it's fixed by the suggestions made in this topic. Have you tried any of those suggestions?

I would also recommend that you upgrade Kunena Latest to version 1.7.1 and that you read carefully, and follow the advice given in, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

sozzled wrote: I'm not sure if your problem is similar or whether it's fixed by the suggestions made in this topic. Have you tried any of those suggestions?

I would also recommend that you upgrade Kunena Latest to version 1.7.1 and that you read carefully, and follow the advice given in, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Could you explain why "Unicode Aliases" option should be set to "No" in Joomla 1.7?

Thank you for your answer. I was actually using Kunena 1.7.1 but I forgot to upgrade the Latest Module.

I didn't try any of the suggestions, not because I was lazy, but because I wasn't not sure the problem was similar to the one mentioned here.

But thanks to you, I had a closer look at the SEO settings, and found a way out of the problem. I disabled "Activate UTF-8 support" (approximate translation as my forum is in French). This way, it deletes the accents when creating the URL in the category page. But I don't think it's a fix because if I had a lot of posts with these accents, I think I would have to edit each title. And it wasn't a problem before, so I don't get how come it's a problem now.

Thanks again for your comment.

chessfarrell wrote: I think I would have to edit each title.

I don't think you will have to change anything.