+J0zef Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi, I see that there are some user profiles with character "&" and spaces e.g. "Naja & Sorrow" https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=21291f66-9b65-4de9-82ef-ad2162f5e85c&wid=21c3d171-0626-4ef2-bd80-0477a92c553b&ds=2 How can I change my user name to such name ? When I use "&" and space in My profile page as a Username I got error "This username contains invalid characters". Thanks for help. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Changing it on a computer or phone? I've always had the spaces... Quote Link to comment
+J0zef Posted June 28, 2016 Author Share Posted June 28, 2016 On a computer using www.geocaching.com and Profile section. Quote Link to comment
+AB&JB Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Use a PC. I've had no issues with "&" Quote Link to comment
+TeamRabbitRun Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 BUT, sometimes you just may want to avoid potential conflicts. I know that it's successfully used by other cachers, but YOU'RE having a problem! In computer-land, the ampersand character is occasionally used as an 'escape' character. Forget about what that means; just know that in certain situations, it may not display or be read correctly. So, why not just not use it when you know there's a POSSIBILITY that there could be a problem, somewhere? Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) BUT, sometimes you just may want to avoid potential conflicts. I know that it's successfully used by other cachers, but YOU'RE having a problem! In computer-land, the ampersand character is occasionally used as an 'escape' character. Forget about what that means; just know that in certain situations, it may not display or be read correctly. I've never seen it used as an escape character. However, it is used as a delimiter in URL to pass parameter data to the web server. For example, look at the URL for your post: http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=339939&view=findpost&p=5593400 See the &view=findpost and &p parameters. The ampersand character is also used for representing character/symbol entities in HTML. For example, to display a blank space, use an ampersand can be displayed using & It's also used for decimal equivalents for characters or symbols such as a star symbol like this ★ Edited June 28, 2016 by NYPaddleCacher Quote Link to comment
Pup Patrol Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 (edited) Use a PC. I've had no issues with "&" Sometimes it pays to read all the replies before posting: On a computer using www.geocaching.com and Profile section. B. Edited June 28, 2016 by Pup Patrol Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Use a PC. I've had no issues with "&" The site used to allow this character, but it no longer does. I just tried to add "&1", "& 1", and " & 1" to the end of my username, and it rejected all of those forms. It looks like existing usernames with the ampersand are still allowed, but I bet if you changed your username, you wouldn't be able to change it back to "AB&JB". I feel this is a good thing. That character in a username already causes problems here in the forums (you can't ignore that user), and I'm sure it causes many headaches for the developers. Quote Link to comment
+Rikitan Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Interesting enough .. it seems they banned almost all non-alpha-numeric characters. None of following is accepted now: . * + / - ! & $ I found only one still accepted and it is _ Quote Link to comment
+Meow&Purr Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 I'm glad I got the & then Quote Link to comment
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