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evilpegasus / Yearbook

A virtual personal yearbook for 2020 graduates to sign
https://yearbook-hhs.web.app/
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Invalid custom URLs when copying from Facebook #4

Closed evilpegasus closed 4 years ago

evilpegasus commented 4 years ago

Facebook adds their own trackers to the end of URLs sent. 'Go to Someone Else's Yearbook' will fail if these links are pasted in.

https://yearbook-hhs.web.app/app.html?user=[abc]&fbclid=[xyz]

arnavthareja commented 4 years ago

this issue stems from facebook redirecting links through their own domain, so copying the link address will give a link that does not start with https://yearbook-hhs.web.app, so it will not be recognized as a valid link. The fix for this bug is coming soon.

arnavthareja commented 4 years ago

We have decided to not fix this, as the facebook redirect links do not start with https://yearbook-hhs.web.app, and we only want to redirect to links that are inside our domain.

For using 'Go to Someone Else's Yearbook' in the future for links sent through facebook and other social media, you should copy the URL as text instead of copying the link address.