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End of string expected error when trying to post comment in Weblog

I'm trying to solve an issue with posting comments for a blog that uses the Weblog Sitecore module. From what I can tell, if the blog entry url contains dashes (i.e. http://[domain.org]/blog/2016/december/test-2-entry), then I get the "End of string expected at line [#]" error. If the blog entry url does NOT contain dashes, then the comment form works fine.

<replace mode="on" find="-" replaceWith="_"/>

Also tried to replace the dash with an empty space. Neither solution has worked as I still get the error.

Is there some other setting in the Web.config I can alter to escape the dashes in the urls? I have read that enclosing dashed url text with the # symbol works, but I'd like to be able to do that automatically instead of having the user go back and rename all their blog entries.

Here is a screenshot of the error for reference:enter image description here

Solution

  • I have not experience the Weblog module but for the issue you are facing, you should escape the dash with #. Please see the following code snippet:

    public string EscapePath(string path)
{
    string[] joints = Regex.Split(path, "/");
    string output = string.Empty;
    for (int index = 0; index < joints.Length; index++)
    {
        string joint = joints[index];
        if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(joint))
            output += string.Format("#{0}#", joint);

        if (index != joints.Length - 1)
            output += "/";
    }

    return output;
}

    Reference: https://github.com/WeTeam/WeBlog/issues/52

    More information about escaping dash in queries can be found here

    UPDATE

    You should call this method before posting the comment for it to escape the dashes. You may also download the dll from here and use it in your solution