friendly_alias_restrict_chars_pattern

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friendly_alias_restrict_chars_pattern¶

Name: FURL Alias Character Restriction Pattern Type: Textfield Default: (See Below) Available In: Revolution 2.0.6+

A valid RegEx pattern for restricting characters used in a Resource alias.

Default:

/[\0\x0B\t\n\r\f\a&=+%#<>"~:`@\?\[\]\{\}\|\^\'\\\\]/

If you add . here so aliases cannot contain periods, keep that change out of file uploads. With upload_translit enabled, MODX 3.1.0+ uses upload_translit_restrict_chars_pattern for uploaded names. On 3.0.x the same FURL pattern also cleaned uploads, so a . in this setting turned photo.jpg into photojpg.