I have placed a custom view from the first post of this forum, in groups directory page, this meant to show categories of groups but now displays unusual links, some things like these:

\u0639\u0644\u0645\u06cc
\u0648\u0631\u0632\u0634\u06cc
\u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u06cc
\u0647\u0646\u0631\u06cc
\u0641\u0631\u0647\u0646\u06af\u06cc
\u062a\u0627\u0631\u06cc\u062e\u06cc
entertainment
science
art
music
etc.

all the links work when I click, I mean they filter for corresponding category but title of some of them are unusual words,
the code I have used, is exactly what Will has placed in custom views for group categories, plus some formatting tags(font-family,color&size)
looking for a "Mr.Fix it..."

Looks like bug. Those are non-ASCII characters that have been encoded. Do they display properly in the Active Social control panel?

Hi Will,
Yes they display properly in control panel. I have never seen these characters anywhere else.

Do I have to endure these strange links?
There is no solution for this bug?

This will be addressed with 1.8

At least it's doing something for you, Mohsen.kh. It doesn't do anything for me.

Is the template provided in the Custom Example thread working for anyone else?

Duplicate

Flood protection is not on or it is not working?

Hi will,
Your fix does not work (FIX - Group categories doesn't decode encoded characters properly.)
AS 1.8 still shows the group categories like this: "u0627\u062c\u062a\u0645\u0627\u0639\u06cc".
may you check it please...

DotNetNuke Version: 05.05.00 (653)
AS version: 1.8
AF: 4.2.7

Frozen DNN, I have used a number of custom views on my website, they all work for me, like 'on-line users','latest groups' and this 'group categories', just the latest one has problem.

Mohsen.kh