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PriusChat Hack Hangover

Discussion in 'PriusChat Website Questions' started by rufaro, Aug 28, 2006.

  1. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    In a TINY effort to decrease the load on Danny's server, I tried to use an external link to my avatar instead of using PC's link.

    I get this error message: "Sorry, but the URL you entered for your avatar was incorrectly
    formatted or the link is not valid."

    The link IS valid, per a couple of other "fact checkers."

    I am sure there are a lot of loose ends left from the hack, but, just in case anyone else has encountered this particular one...just thought I'd share.

    Danny, you have done an awesome job of getting back from the hack! And I still wanna grind up ALL hackers and trolls and feed 'em to each other. Or a pool of pirhanas.... :angry:
     
    #1 rufaro, Aug 28, 2006
  2. hobbit

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    External links seemed to work for me. Text browser; just banged it
    into the field and submitted it and it took. Perhaps if you post
    the exact same link here, we all could see if there are potential
    subtleties that might give the board fits.
    .
    I could also see a security upgrade being significantly more
    paranoid about such things...
    .
    _H*
     
    #2 hobbit, Aug 28, 2006
  3. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    #3 rufaro, Aug 28, 2006
  4. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    hey the rich text editor is back! :D
     
    #4 galaxee, Aug 28, 2006
  5. Betelgeuse

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Rufaro @ Aug 28 2006, 09:40 PM) [snapback]310887[/snapback]</div>
    No idea if this is it or not, but maybe the board software can't handle the ampersand? Or maybe avatars can't be external links?
     
    #5 Betelgeuse, Aug 28, 2006
  6. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    i successfully loaded my avatar from a file on the computer a minute ago. don't have anything to link offsite to see if that's the problem.
     
    #6 galaxee, Aug 28, 2006
  7. Salsawonder

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Aug 28 2006, 08:19 PM) [snapback]310941[/snapback]</div>
    Nice avatar change...has he/she got a name?
     
    #7 Salsawonder, Aug 28, 2006
  8. galaxee

    galaxee mostly benevolent

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    thanks :D his name is Ajax.
     
    #8 galaxee, Aug 28, 2006
  9. Bill Merchant

    Bill Merchant absit invidia

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(galaxee @ Aug 28 2006, 08:36 PM) [snapback]310952[/snapback]</div>
    I see he likes to play with a mouse...
     
    #9 Bill Merchant, Aug 29, 2006
  10. molgrips

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    Remove that ampersand. I'm surprised it works on any browser with that... Unless it was originally escaped and PC unescaped it to display it.. mutter mutter computers html mutter tech stuff mutter..
     
    #10 molgrips, Aug 29, 2006
  11. hobbit

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    Yup, lose the ampersand. Lose spaces. Lose any %dd escaped
    characters. I got lucky that "~" worked as part of a filename,
    but best to make it as generic as possible. Even if IPB can handle
    it, not everyone's browsers necessarily can and you have no way of
    knowing what the world at large is using to cruise PC...
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    _H*
     
    #11 hobbit, Aug 29, 2006
  12. rufaro

    rufaro WeePoo, Gen II

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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Betelgeuse @ Aug 28 2006, 08:00 PM) [snapback]310933[/snapback]</div>

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(molgrips @ Aug 29 2006, 04:02 AM) [snapback]311031[/snapback]</div>

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hobbit @ Aug 29 2006, 07:07 PM) [snapback]311414[/snapback]</div>
    Thanks all! I'll give that a shot once I get my IT guy's attention (yes, IT guy is also DH...) B)
     
    #12 rufaro, Aug 30, 2006
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