moved category redirect up

src/controllers/categories.js

@@ -165,24 +165,21 @@ categoriesController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 			});
 		},
 		function(payload, next) {
-			// If a userslug was specified, add a targetUid
+			user.getUidByUserslug(req.query.author, function(err, uid) {
-			if (req.query.author) {
+				payload.targetUid = uid;
-				user.getUidByUserslug(req.query.author, function(err, uid) {
+				next(err, payload);
-					payload.targetUid = uid;
+			});
-					next(err, payload);
+		},
-				});
+		function(payload, next) {
-			} else {
+			categories.getCategoryById(payload, next);
-				next(null, payload);
-			}
 		},
-		categories.getCategoryById,
 		function(categoryData, next) {
-			categories.getRecentTopicReplies(categoryData.children, uid, function(err) {
+			if (categoryData.link) {
-				if (err) {
+				return res.redirect(categoryData.link);
-					return next(err);
+			}
-				}
 
-				next(null, categoryData);
+			categories.getRecentTopicReplies(categoryData.children, uid, function(err) {
+				next(err, categoryData);
 			});
 		},
 		function (categoryData, next) {
@@ -233,10 +230,6 @@ categoriesController.get = function(req, res, next) {
 			return next(err);
 		}
 
-		if (data.link) {
-			return res.redirect(data.link);
-		}
-
 		data.currentPage = page;
 		data['feeds:disableRSS'] = parseInt(meta.config['feeds:disableRSS'], 10) === 1;
 

src/user.js

@@ -286,10 +286,16 @@ var	async = require('async'),
 	};
 
 	User.getUidByUsername = function(username, callback) {
+		if (!username) {
+			return callback();
+		}
 		db.getObjectField('username:uid', username, callback);
 	};
 
 	User.getUidByUserslug = function(userslug, callback) {
+		if (!userslug) {
+			return callback();
+		}
 		db.getObjectField('userslug:uid', userslug, callback);
 	};