Couldn't we turn off the redirecting url?

eriol33 · Local time: Dec 11, 2007, 09:25 AM

Is this possible? Sometimes I want to save a link toward my download manager but they become invalid because it becomes like this: http%3A%2F%2Fasdf.com/%2fasdf.rar.

It's not really a big problem, but it would be nice if it could be turned off somehow. Thanks in advance

Leknaat · Local time: Dec 11, 2007, 01:45 AM

%20 is just the code for a space. I'm not sure if you can retype the entries in a download manager, but maybe that would help.

knkwzrd · Local time: Dec 10, 2007, 11:59 PM

The redirect can make it difficult to save some direct link downloads, even if you don't use a download manager, as it can screw around with the right click->save linked file as command. I would also appreciate it being turned off – at least in the My Stuff forum. That being said, it's not like this is the biggest problem ever, just a tiny hassle on occasion.

ramoth · 03:15 AM

In Firefox 3 (and the HTML 5 spec in the WHAT WG, so in Safari & Opera probably eventually), there is the ping attribute on the a element, that is designed explicitly for the purpose of tracking links like this.

i.e. instead of <a href="http://gamingforce.org/someURL?http://goatse.cz"> you'd have <a href="http://goatse.cz" ping="http://gamingforce.org/someURL?http://goatse.cz">

Can vB serve different markup for different browsers (i.e. through UA sniffing)?

Disregard that, I suck cocks.

Apparently the redirect is to blank the referrer.

CHz · Local time: Dec 13, 2007, 12:21 AM

Third time's the charm!

Originally Posted by CHz

My problem with the SEO is that there was a link redirection thing with links in private forums where the board software would give a blank referer, which means that I couldn't make links to music in My Stuff and Audio Requests that would only work when followed from GFF. I know the reason: letting gamingforce.org/forums/my-stuff/35711-itt-we-hotlink.html show up in referer logs would expose the hidden forums, but I don't support the SEO unless the redirection can be turned off.

Redirects.

Kaleb.G · Local time: Dec 13, 2007, 10:23 PM

I think the redirect url is stupid. I can't remember the specifics, but I know it cause me an annoyance on multiple occasions. Why are we using it?

Miles · Local time: Dec 15, 2007, 10:31 PM

I've never encountered this problem so I don't really know what you guys are talking about. Which redirecting url? ;_; Otherwise I'd be happy to fix it.

LiquidAcid · Local time: Dec 16, 2007, 03:41 PM

Don't "fix" it. I suspect the redirecting feature to eat some referrer information, which otherwise would be transfered to the webserver we link to. That would be especially problematic in the "My Stuff" area, where a lot of links link to file-hosting services.