#Hashtag BBCode

[Fleiding]

I saw this post over at vB.org and I was wondering what Search JSON I can use to get this working for vB5?

[glennrocksvb]

Try:

<a href="/search?q={param}">#{param}</a>

But for tags with spaces, special characters (e.g. & or %) or accents, that might not work as the 'q' parameter value needs to be URL-encoded.

Alternative solution is to use Javascript.

<span data-p="{param}"></span>
<script>
(function() {
    var me = document.currentScript || (function() {
        var s= document.getElementsByTagName( 'script' );
        return s[s.length - 1];
    })();
    if (me) {
        var span = me.previousElementSibling;
        var param = span.getAttribute('data-p');
        span.innerHTML = '<a href="' + pageData.baseurl + '/search?q=' + encodeURIComponent(param) + '">#' + param + '</a>';
    }
})();
</script>

Note that this code is untested.

[voyger]

hi i am thinking to test on vb5
is there any guide where to put this code

thanks

[glennrocksvb]

AdminCP > Custom BB Codes > Add New BB Code. The code above goes to Replacement field.

[Fleiding]

The top one works perfectly!

[glennrocksvb]

Did you test search keywords with spaces, special characters (?, & and %) and accents? Try in different browsers.

[Fleiding]

Did you test search keywords with spaces, special characters (?, & and %) and accents? Try in different browsers.

• When entering multiple keywords, it only shows results for the first keyword
• Special characters are working
• Accents will give the message that your criteria is not restrictive enough

For my forum only one word per hashtag is used and never special characters or accents, so to me all is well at the moment.

[adkaush]

Tried to add the first code to the Custom BB Code .. but getting an error that html coding is incorrect (something on those lines).

[glennrocksvb]

So you're adding this HTML code in the Replacement field for the custom BBCode you are creating and you got an error when saving it?

<a href="/search?q={param}">#{param}</a>

Can you post the exact error or a screenshot of the error?

[adkaush]

Don't understand why would it say that the html attributes should be enclosed within double quotes when they are within double quotes. I even removed the quotes thinking those might be ' and ' .. Tried by typing double quotes around the link.

[adkaush]

Hmm figured out .. this works ..

<a href=www.site.com/search?q="{param}">#{param}</a>

Funny why your version worked for you but not for me ..

Edit .. Even this works ..

<a href="/search?q="{param}"">#{param}</a>

[adkaush]

Creating another reply because this is front-end discussion ..

At the front end, it does not work

When I add a hashtag to a post, it does show #item with a link on it but the link shows http://www.site.com/search?q=

No parameters. It should rather show http://www.site.com/search?q=item

Please advise. Thanks!

[glennrocksvb]

It ultimately does not work as the double quotes are in the wrong places. Keep the original code and just click the Continue button when the error message appears and see what happens.

[adkaush]

Oh wow man! I thought hitting Continue would just take me back to the main admin panel. It works now after hitting Continue. Sometimes I feel like dumb.

Thanks for the help Glenn, you really rock VB

[glennrocksvb]

Glad to be helpful!