Is someone at the discuss forum from .ni?

[Sarah83]

Hi,

I like to ask, if there is someone registered in the discussion forum on the .ni website.

Maybe there are other peoples with the same problem.

I like to login (I have an account) but then it switches between my login account and the status "ghost".

You can see this in the URL. I made some screen shots

[MollyK]

The bad news is, this is a known issue. The good news is that there is a simple workaround and we should have it fixed by the end of this year.

The problem is that the system cannot handle special characters in the first name, last name or alias fields of the NI User Profile.

To modify these fields of your NI User Profile, visit www.ni.com/profile.

Once there are no special characters in these fields, you will have no problem logging in. If you do have other problems logging in, please send an email to webmaster@ni.com and we will work to resolve it.

Thanks!

Molly K

National Instruments

Web Support & Operations

[Sarah83]

The bad news is, this is a known issue.  The good news is that there is a simple workaround and we should have it fixed by the end of this year.

The problem is that the system cannot handle special characters in the first name, last name or alias fields of the NI User Profile.

To modify these fields of your NI User Profile, visit www.ni.com/profile.

Once there are no special characters in these fields, you will have no problem logging in.  If you do have other problems logging in, please send an email to webmaster@ni.com and we will work to resolve it.

Thanks!

Molly K

National Instruments

Web Support & Operations

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Hi Molly,

thanks for this information.

I had modify every "

[MollyK]

Hi Sarah -

The profile doesn't have problems saving it, the problem is in the integration of the profile system with the discussion forum system. They currently pass data through parameters in the URL. These characters aren't being encoded, so it breaks.

Thanks!