Title: Photon and UNICODE
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Photon and UNICODE

 *  [ranpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranpha/)
 * (@ranpha)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/)
 * If the URL of an image in my blog posts/pages have Unicode characters in it, 
   the Photon CDN caching will not work with that image. Image that doesn’t have
   Unicode characters in them works just fine.
 * Example of a post with images that has Unicode characters in its URL – [http://wp.me/prgSo-zU](http://wp.me/prgSo-zU)
 * Example of a post with images that doesn’t have Unicode characters in its URL–
   [http://wp.me/PrgSo-b1](http://wp.me/PrgSo-b1)
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 *  Plugin Contributor [Sheri Grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsimply/)
 * (@designsimply)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177942)
 * I checked your site with the Jetpack debug tool at [http://jetpack.me/support/debug/](http://jetpack.me/support/debug/)
   and it shows that Photon is not enabled. Please enable Photon and reply back 
   so I can take a closer look.
 *  Thread Starter [ranpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranpha/)
 * (@ranpha)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177943)
 * I now have enabled it, all the posts that has images with Unicode paths in it
   failed to render.
 * I found out that this will happen only for posts in the [front page](http://imouto.my/),
   but not in individual posts.
    For example, the front page has 3 posts ( [http://wp.me/prgSo-zN](http://wp.me/prgSo-zN)
   [http://wp.me/prgSo-zt](http://wp.me/prgSo-zt) and [http://wp.me/prgSo-zU](http://wp.me/prgSo-zU))
   with Unicode image paths, and all their images failed to render. If the posts
   are opened individually, the images will appear (mainly because they are not 
   CDNed).
 * I will disable Photon 12 hours from the time I posted this message.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Sheri Grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsimply/)
 * (@designsimply)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177944)
 * I checked the first link you provided [http://wp.me/prgSo-zN](http://wp.me/prgSo-zN)
   and I don’t see any broken images. Can you provide a direct image URL of one 
   of the images that looks broken to you?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Sheri Grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsimply/)
 * (@designsimply)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177945)
 * Sorry, I didn’t read your last report closely enough where you said the images
   work fine when the posts are opened individually. I checked the home page and
   I found an example of a broken image. Here is an example URL:
 * [http://i2.wp.com/reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg](http://i2.wp.com/reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg)
 * However, the non-photon version of that same image is also broken when I try 
   to check it:
 * [http://reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg](http://reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg)
 * I noticed the broken images all seem to have parentheses characters in them.
 * Can you please try disabling photon again so I can look at the [http://imouto.my/](http://imouto.my/)
   page again to see if I can find anything different in the URLs after that?
 *  Thread Starter [ranpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranpha/)
 * (@ranpha)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177946)
 * I have disabled Photon, and all images in the [front page](http://imouto.my/)
   now appears correctly.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Sheri Grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsimply/)
 * (@designsimply)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177947)
 * Thanks. I checked the image I found before, and it is still broken:
    [http://reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg](http://reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg)
 * So that was not a good test.
 * However, I noticed some smaller images that I couldn’t see before, such as [http://naruto.anime.my/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/facepalm_thumb.gif](http://naruto.anime.my/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/facepalm_thumb.gif)
 * I think this update will fix that problem:
    [http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/622713](http://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/622713)
 * If you are comfortable updating PHP files, you can try to apply the changes from
   that link on your own. If not, just wait for Jetpack version 2.0.1 to be released
   and I think that will solve the problem for you.
 *  Thread Starter [ranpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ranpha/)
 * (@ranpha)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177948)
 * With the 2.0.2 update, the problem still exists. I think Photon mangles the images
   URL so it is shown wrong.
 * Oh BTW, the correct image URL you have cited above should be
 * [http://reviews.anime.my/Little%20Battlers%20eXperience%20(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx%20-%20the%20main%20protagonist.jpg](http://reviews.anime.my/Little%20Battlers%20eXperience%20(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx%20-%20the%20main%20protagonist.jpg)
 * not
 * [http://reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg](http://reviews.anime.my/LittleBattlerseXperience(%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F)/lbx-themainprotagonist.jpg)
 * Apparently, Photon removes all spaces from the URL when caching them into the
   CDN.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Sheri Grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsimply/)
 * (@designsimply)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177953)
 * > Apparently, Photon removes all spaces from the URL when caching them into the
   > CDN.
 * This probably ins’t just a Photon thing. You should not use spaces in your file
   names.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Sheri Grey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/designsimply/)
 * (@designsimply)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/photon-and-unicode/#post-3177958)
 * Checking back in. Here is a Q&A about why you shouldn’t use spaces in filenames:
   
   [http://superuser.com/questions/29111/what-technical-reasons-exist-for-not-using-space-characters-in-file-names](http://superuser.com/questions/29111/what-technical-reasons-exist-for-not-using-space-characters-in-file-names)
 * Do you have any examples of specific images without spaces in the filenames that
   are broken when you turn on Photon?

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