Simple URL for member profiles?

[cynicdavid]

Tried searching for this but the character limit screwed me up a lil.

Is there a way of having your member profile be a very simple URL?

for example

www.boardname.com/members/cynicdavid

or maybe (even better)

www.boardname.com/cynicdavid

[Keith J. Kacin]

What if the user changes their name?

[cynicdavid]

I would assume it would be some kind of dynamic mod_rewrite type of thing. But i'm okay with the myspace.com model where the profile URL never changes as well.

the important thing is that members link to their profiles and it's easy for them to remember. it's a top request on my current 2.1 board and when i upgrade to the newest version that's a pretty big feature i would like to have.

[Strange_Will]

What if the user changes their name?

IPB compensates and renames the folder? ;D

[.Timmy]

IPB compensates and renames the folder? ;D

And the search engine happens to keep the old URL in their results?

[Lewis P]

Which will in turn redirect to the new profile :P

[cynicdavid]

it can't be that difficult can it? i thought maybe a mod existed already

[Strange_Will]

And the search engine happens to keep the old URL in their results?

The same thing that happens when a serach engine happens to keep the URL of a thread that doesn't exist anymore. :P

[The Clash]

The same thing that happens when a serach engine happens to keep the URL of a thread that doesn't exist anymore. :P

Congratulations, you've just pointed out error #1 with the search function! :lol:

[cynicdavid]

is it one of those if I pay some bucks will someone create a mod kinda thing?

[Strange_Will]

Congratulations, you've just pointed out error #1 with the search function! :lol:

But to be honest, what can you do about it? It's data on someone else's server, best you can do is display the error. :P

[The Clash]

Nothing really. One of those few quirks in the internet. :(

+1 to the idea.

[Rοb]

This would work fine for sites that allowed only alpha-numeric chars in the display names, but otherwise would be useless...

[Mat Barrie]

is it one of those if I pay some bucks will someone create a mod kinda thing?

Before doing that, check out the mods on IPSBeyond.com.

I can unequivocably say that there is at least one "friendly URL" addon, but I don't know if any of them will meet your specific needs.

Note, you will need to create your IPSBeyond account via the billing area of the website if you haven't already.

[dkoepke]

IPSBeyond.com says they are no longer accepting registrations? whats up with that?

[Millar]

IPSBeyond.com says they are no longer accepting registrations? whats up with that?

You have to be an IPS customer to get an IPS Beyond account.

As for the idea, if you wanted to do this, simply disable display name changes to prevent the problems there.

[shomazta]

This would work fine for sites that allowed only alpha-numeric chars in the display names, but otherwise would be useless...

why not have it set up to use the persons REGISTERED (login) name opposed to their display name? i'm all for this idea and maybe if i get some time ill talk it over with some friends and we'll see what we can do for you :) want to contribute back to this community...

[BOo FOo HAcker]

Here is a mod rewrite statement I wrote to make clean URLs for member profiles.

Example URL:
http://forums.invisionpower.com/member/1/

RewriteRule ^member/([0-9]{1,100})/$ index.php?act=profile&MID=$1 [QSA,L]

[atomicknight]

why not have it set up to use the persons REGISTERED (login) name opposed to their display name? i'm all for this idea and maybe if i get some time ill talk it over with some friends and we'll see what we can do for you :) want to contribute back to this community...

I've always had the feeling that people with differing login names and display names chose to do so for a reason (like not revealing any login details). You can always just escape display names to form proper URLs anyway. It's not pretty, but it works.

[Rοb]

I actually wrote a small mod for cynicdavid that allows yoursite.com/members/nickname type urls.

Demo: http://ww2.oasiz.net/members/test656

[Stuart Elliott]

I actually wrote a small mod for cynicdavid that allows

yoursite.com/members/nickname

type urls.

Demo:

http://ww2.oasiz.net/members/test656

And root admin user at that site " Ċ

[Rοb]

Yeah that was a unicode test, copied it from one of my members.

Like i said earlier, this kind of hack is only really going to work for board admins who allow only alphanumeric characters in the display names.

[bfarber]

http://ww2.oasiz.net/members/%C4%8A%C3%A5%...%99%C5%91%C5%B5

wow....just.....wow

Yeah, that url sure seems easier to remember to me. :lol:

[Rοb]

lmao :P

Actually i didn't try that one, looks fine to me in IE7 ;)

...oasiz.net/members/Ċ

[shomazta]

can i get that mod xD i don't currently require/enforce alpha-numeric but i can easily change that :P