[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17045: Blog tags do not accept symbols

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#17045: Blog tags do not accept symbols
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 Reporter:  will@…             |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Taxonomy           |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                     |
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Changes (by dd32):

 * component:  Administration => Taxonomy


Old description:

> I work for a company developing a website using WordPress for a client on
> their own web hosting package (hostgator). We are using WordPress 3.1 so
> are up to date with the latest fixes.
>
> I have noticed a bug with the post tag system. The system does not
> recognise symbols effectively. The website related to a management
> consultancy approach which defines people into one of 6 moods, the moods
> all use symbols as follows:
> F+
> F-
> F~
> T+
> T-
> T~
>
> Given this information we wanted to create a tag cloud for them. However
> when tagging any post with the above moods the symbols are not accepted
> effectively.
>
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1 - Create a new post (or use an existing post)
> 2 - Add the tag F+ to the post
> 3 - Publish / update the post
> 4 - You will see this tag works
> 5 - Add another tag ... for example F-
> 6 - Publish / update the post
> 7 - You will see the tag has not worked
> 8 - You can now add any of the F tags and tey are all taken as the first
> (F+) so the subsequent tags will now work
>
> I imagine this problem has affected other users before but I could not
> find mention of it in another bug report or on the support forums so I
> hope this is a genuine bug and it's not wasting your time

New description:

 I work for a company developing a website using WordPress for a client on
 their own web hosting package (hostgator). We are using WordPress 3.1 so
 are up to date with the latest fixes.

 I have noticed a bug with the post tag system. The system does not
 recognise symbols effectively. The website related to a management
 consultancy approach which defines people into one of 6 moods, the moods
 all use symbols as follows:
 {{{
 F+
 F-
 F~
 T+
 T-
 T~
 }}}
 Given this information we wanted to create a tag cloud for them. However
 when tagging any post with the above moods the symbols are not accepted
 effectively.

 Steps to reproduce:
 {{{
 1 - Create a new post (or use an existing post)
 2 - Add the tag F+ to the post
 3 - Publish / update the post
 4 - You will see this tag works
 5 - Add another tag ... for example F-
 6 - Publish / update the post
 7 - You will see the tag has not worked
 8 - You can now add any of the F tags and tey are all taken as the first
 (F+) so the subsequent tags will now work
 }}}

 I imagine this problem has affected other users before but I could not
 find mention of it in another bug report or on the support forums so I
 hope this is a genuine bug and it's not wasting your time

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Comment:

 Duplicate of #12125

 You'll need to set a unique slug for the items manually, F+ F~ etc all
 sanitize to the same slug causing the odd issue you're hitting.

 I'll leave this open for now to review it tomorrow

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