8.2 Category names in Sidebar using UTF-8

[skara]

I use Greek characters [UTF-8] in my Pligg installation and work everything [Tags, Category links under the post, etc] fine, except of the names of the Categories in the sidebar.
When i use UTF8 in Category names then the link of a Category in the sidebar [and only there] is like this: http://site.com/index.php?category=
instead of http://site.com/index.php?category=Τεχνολογία
[Τεχνολογία=Technology]

[this happens with both templates so i suppose that is a core problem]

I need your help so to build the first Pligg site in Greece PLEASE!!
Thank you!

[skara]

Any Help On This???
PLS...

[athle]

you can use the category_safe_name as the link of the category。

in other language i thought category_id is the best way to solve the problem。(this may modify "link.php" in libs and change the template files )

[skara]

Originally Posted by athle

you can use the category_safe_name as the link of the category。

in other language i thought category_id is the best way to solve the problem。(this may modify "link.php" in libs and change the template files )

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
is it possible to make the changes and send me the files?
if yes tell me your email to send you some $ via Paypal.

[athle]

there is the method
1. replace this code in file libs/link.php

		global $URLMethod;
		//if ($URLMethod == 1)
		//{$catvar = $this->category;}
		//if ($URLMethod == 2)
		{$catvar = $this->category_safe_name();}

with this code

		global $URLMethod;
		//if ($URLMethod == 1)
		{$catvar = $this->category;}
		//if ($URLMethod == 2)
		//{$catvar = $this->category_safe_name();}

2. find the sidebar_modules/categories.tpl in your template folder
search the code

<a href='{$cat_url}{$categorylist[nr].category_safe_name}'>

replace it with

<a href='{$cat_url}{$categorylist[nr].category_id}'>

3. open the index.php and shakeit.php in line 24
replace this

if(isset($_REQUEST['category'])){$thecat = $db->get_var("SELECT category_name FROM categories WHERE `category_safe_name` = '".$_REQUEST['category']."';");}

with

if(isset($_REQUEST['category'])){$thecat = $db->get_var("SELECT category_name FROM categories WHERE `category_id` = '".$_REQUEST['category']."';");}

there still maybe have some bug. but i thought it's the better method for us who use the utf-8 as the charset.

at the end, i upload the files i have already modified. you can use this files to replace you files.

my email is athlechina@gmail.com ,if you find other bugs of it please tell me.

this code i have used in www.athle.cn, but it's a chinese website.