"Unknown Item"

[swaldman]

I'm not sure if this is a forum issue or a wowdigger one, so I hope this is the right place to comment.

At present, using a {item} link in a forum post, where the item is one not in the database, results in "Unknown Item" - with no way for a reader to tell which item you intended.

I'd suggest a more graceful failure would be to simply print the name of the item without link.

An example at present is (first with and then without link):

Ashes of Alar
{item}Ashes of Alar{/item}

EDIT: following an edit, the linked version is now not showing at all... :ponder:

[Rushster]

Thanks swaldman we'll look into it.

[snowieken]

EDIT: following an edit, the linked version is now not showing at all... :ponder:That's because it's [item] and not {item}. :grin:

[swaldman]

That's because it's [item] and not {item}. :grin:

No it isn't :-)
Somebody else in green already said that and then deleted their post when they realised... :-) There are two lines there - the first is written with square brackets and results in "Unknown item". The second has curley brackets so that you can see what I typed.

[Zer]

EDIT: following an edit, the linked version is now not showing at all... :ponder:

link didnt work cuz you forgot the ' in al'ar (i know that was just an example, but just pointing that out)

Ashes of Al'ar

[swaldman]

link didnt work cuz you forgot the ' in al'ar (i know that was just an example, but just pointing that out)

Ashes of Al'ar

*grin* OK, my bad.
But as you point out, the RFE still stands :-)