Random game link failing

[ahope1]

Hi. The game "Greg Lemon/Soda - Bacardi Feeling!" appeared in the Random Game box on the CASA homepage, but the link doesn't work:

• http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C15 ... ng%21.html

(The URL works if you delete everything after the final slash.)

[Strident]

The game is listed with the title ---> Greg Lemon/Soda - Bacardi Feeling!
I would imagine the '/' in the game name is causing the issue as it's inaccessible even from the search page.

There is also a second game....
Greg Lemon/Hood - Ritter des Rechts
which also has a slash in its name
http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C15 ... echts.html

[Alex]

I replaced the slash with an underscore. This solved the problem.

[Strident]

A similar game is Mis/Guided

http://solutionarchive.com/game/id%2C74 ... uided.html

[Gunness]

Renamed it as MisGuided

[Garry]

Have you tried using a double slash (//)?

[Gunness]

Yes. Doesn't work either. Anyway, I hope people will be able to find the game.

[Mr Creosote]

The slash is well encoded in the URI. Must be an issue in the rewrite module of Apache.

[Gunness]

Out of 8,000 games we're talking about around five whose titles have had to be slightly adapted. I hope we'll manage

[Mr Creosote]

Sure, but a code workaround (replacing the slash in the URI with something harmless) would be a change of one line. So probably worth it?

[Gunness]

If it doesn't take more effort than that, then certainly!

[Mr Creosote]

I'm making an assumption about the code here admittedly, but I can check in a week when I'll be back home.

[Garry]

I just discovered another game that is subject to the slash bug. It's XIV/2. I can now see the issue. The game name is listed correctly, but the link to the game includes the slash in the game name and that looks like it's a separator between folders, hence the html page is not found.

Why do you include the game name at all? I got around the issue by using https://solutionarchive.com/game/id,3656/

[Mr Creosote]

Why do you include the game name at all?

Search engines love it.

[Garry]

Good point, but if you're serious about that, you shouldn't use '+' as a separator between words. You should use '-'. And you shouldn't use underscores '_' as a separator in filenames for screen grabs, maps and solutions. Once again, you should use hyphens '-'.