small change in the PostAsSomeone form

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/forms.py b/askbot/forms.py
index 1ef8cefa..04efb1f3 100644
--- a/askbot/forms.py
+++ b/askbot/forms.py
@@ -868,16 +868,16 @@ class PostAsSomeoneForm(forms.Form):
         todo: maybe better to have field where initial value is invalid,
         then we would not have to have two almost identical clean functions?
         """
-        username = self.cleaned_data.get('post_author_username', '')
+        username = self.cleaned_data.get('post_author_username', '').strip()
         initial_username = unicode(self.fields['post_author_username'].initial)
-        if username == initial_username:
+        if username and username == initial_username:
             self.cleaned_data['post_author_username'] = ''
         return self.cleaned_data['post_author_username']
 
     def clean_post_author_email(self):
         """if value is the same as initial, it is reset to
         empty string"""
-        email = self.cleaned_data.get('post_author_email', '')
+        email = self.cleaned_data.get('post_author_email', '').strip()
         initial_email = unicode(self.fields['post_author_email'].initial)
         if email == initial_email:
             email = ''