# URL validation for "Web Site" on user profile

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [2월 2, 2016, 1:00오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864 "2016-02-02T01:00:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [2월 2, 2016, 1:00오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864/1 "2016-02-02T01:00:51Z")

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Some validation would be nice on the “Web Site” field on user profiles.

Currently, users are able to enter invalid URL’s like this one

```plaintext
http://https://www.facebook.com/FacebookUK

```

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Side-note - I feel like “Web Site” should really be “Website”:

- the AP Stylebook changed 5/6 years ago
- Google search results for “website” - 5,450,000,000
- Google search results for “web site” - 597,000,000

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [2월 2, 2016, 2:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864/2 "2016-02-02T02:40:12Z")

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How brave are you feeling 😄 this should be a rather simple PR 😉

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2월 2, 2016, 2:42오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864/3 "2016-02-02T02:42:35Z")

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@techapj this would be a good check for us to add.

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### Author: ![DeanMarkTaylor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/deanmarktaylor/32/102462_2.png) [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)
#### Post date: [2월 2, 2016, 4:00오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864/4 "2016-02-02T04:00:53Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> How brave are you feeling 😄 this should be a rather simple PR 😉

Would love to, but time is a killer for me right now.

When I can I will.

For now I’ll keep setting 'em up for you guys to shoot at 🔫

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### Author: ![techAPJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/techapj/32/342990_2.png) [@techAPJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/techAPJ)
#### Post date: [2월 5, 2016, 8:53오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864/5 "2016-02-05T20:53:44Z")

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Done via

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8a7868be077d4e4d142f94d6e588c766d58a604a](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8a7868be077d4e4d142f94d6e588c766d58a604a)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [2월 5, 2016, 10:52오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/url-validation-for-web-site-on-user-profile/38864/6 "2016-02-05T22:52:44Z")

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