Users are attempting to create tags containing the plus character, such as c++ or Notepad++, but encounter errors because Discourse’s tag system does not natively support + characters in URLs. Pham_Quyet_Nghi reports that creating such tags results in broken links, while sam confirms this is a bug and classifies it as such to prevent users from creating unusable tags. Steven suggests a CSS workaround using ::after pseudo-elements to visually append ++ to a base tag name (e.g., tag-notepad), though this is noted as a temporary hack. Pham_Quyet_Nghi inquires about how other sites handle this, but Steven cannot provide specific details. Later, jmsachs asks for updates on the issue. sam proposes a conceptual solution where tags could have translations; the URL would remain cpp, but the display name could show as c++, with the + stripped from the internal translation logic to avoid URL encoding issues.
Hello!
I tried to create a c++ tag but failed
I have created a tag that looks like c++ but is “c＋＋” but the user typed on the “c++” url shows the error “Oops! That page does not exist or is private.”
how to create the plus character in the tag
Thanks.
Check out this topic:
https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-a-tag-named-c-its-not-possible/92005?u=tophee
It is unbelievable to have a website that uses this tag “c++”
Cards in the menu
Tag on url
how to be like that?
+ is tricky, it often needs to be encoded, at the moment our tag system does not support tags with + in them. We should either fix this or at least validate you do not create tags with +
Going to mark this as a bug cause it leads to confusion and we need to pick a side here vs allowing you to create a broken tag.
I know the tag system does not support + tags in it.
How to get the “+” card in card management
Please get any suggestions.
Thank you
Notepad++ should be doable with this little trick
.tag-notepad::after {
content: "++";
}
I didn’t try it, but it should work everywhere on your forum
But you should avoid doing the same for c for now, given @tophee’s post
@Steven What do you think of this site as having tag “+” Topics tagged c++
I honestly don’t know. You can try to contact them, there’s the email address in the about page. I can’t really help on this issue
Thank you.
I contacted them but did not receive the answer.
I hope to find the answer from the community Discourse
Any update on this topic? I would like to create a c++ tag also.
hello? …ello? …lo? …lo? ..lo?
Conceptually tags now have translations, we do strip + off the translations, but we could change this without too much mess.
URL would be cpp but displaying c++ is not an impossibility