closes #3260

src/controllers/accounts.js

@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ function getUserDataByUserSlug(userslug, callerUID, callback) {
 			userData.status = require('../socket.io').isUserOnline(userData.uid) ? (userData.status || 'online') : 'offline';
 			userData.banned = parseInt(userData.banned, 10) === 1;
 			userData.website = validator.escape(userData.website);
+			userData.websiteLink = !userData.website.startsWith('http') ? 'http://' + userData.website : userData.website;
 			userData.websiteName = userData.website.replace(validator.escape('http://'), '').replace(validator.escape('https://'), '');
 			userData.followingCount = parseInt(userData.followingCount, 10) || 0;
 			userData.followerCount = parseInt(userData.followerCount, 10) || 0;

src/user/profile.js

@@ -129,25 +129,6 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 					return updateFullname(uid, data.fullname, next);
 				} else if (field === 'signature') {
 					data[field] = S(data[field]).stripTags().s;
-				} else if (field === 'website') {
-					var urlObj;
-					if (data[field].length > 0) {
-						urlObj = url.parse(data[field], false, true);
-						if (!urlObj.protocol) {
-							urlObj.protocol = 'http';
-							urlObj.slashes = true;
-						}
-						if (!urlObj.hostname && urlObj.pathname) {
-							urlObj.hostname = urlObj.pathname;
-							urlObj.pathname = null;
-						}
-						if (urlObj.pathname === '/') {
-							urlObj.pathname = null;
-						}
-					}
-					if (urlObj) {
-						data[field] = url.format(urlObj);
-					}
 				}
 
 				User.setUserField(uid, field, data[field], next);