Trying a fix for encoding issues occuring from time to time

server/public/assets/js/channel.js

@@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ var Channel = {
         number_suggested = 0;
         var no_socket = true;
 
-        chan = Helper.decodeChannelName(Helper.html("#chan"));
+        //chan = Helper.decodeChannelName(Helper.html("#chan"));
+        var _p = window.location.pathname;
+        if(_p.substring(0,1) == "/") _p = _p.substring(1);
+        if(_p.substring(_p.length - 1) == "/") _p = _p.substring(0, _p.length - 1);
+        chan = Helper.decodeChannelName(_p);
 
         mobile_beginning = Helper.mobilecheck();
         var side = Helper.mobilecheck() ? "left" : "right";

server/public/assets/js/helpers.js

@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ var Helper = {
     decodeChannelName: function(str) {
         var _fn = decodeURIComponent;
         str = str.toUpperCase();
+        /*if(str.indexOf("%25") >= 0) {
+            var _percentSign = str.indexOf("%25") + 1;
+            var _before = str.substring(0, _percentSign);
+            var _after = str.substring(_percentSign);
+            str = _before + "25" + _after;
+            console.log(str);
+        }*/
         var toReturn = _fn(str.replace(/%5F/g, "_"));
         toReturn = toReturn.toLowerCase().replace(/&/g, "&");
         return toReturn.toLowerCase();

server/routing/client/router.js

@@ -255,7 +255,8 @@ function channel(req, res, next) {
                     }*/
                     var data = {
                         title: "404: File Not Found",
-                        list_name: capitalizeFirstLetter(Functions.decodeChannelName(req.params.channel_name)),
+                        //list_name: capitalizeFirstLetter(Functions.decodeChannelName(req.params.channel_name)),
+                        list_name: capitalizeFirstLetter(req.params.channel_name),
                         year: year,
                         javascript_file: "main.min.js",
                         captcha: res.recaptcha,