Links Posted by Users

[Randy W]

Mike (Nuworld) has reported a problem where links posted by users don't work - that is, they aren't clickable. Even clicking on the Link button doesn't seem to work,

 

I've added a media tag which helps the problem - if you simply post an ASCII link (something like h t t p://www.anysite.com/blah,blah,blah with no spaces in http), it will replace it with html code to get a working link.

 

This is apparently a new anti-spam "feature" from IPB to prevent user's from spamming with links to external sites - we have a request in to see if this feature can be restored.

 

In the meantime, just post your link and I'll fix any of them that I see need fixing.

But if you post it in this format

http://www.anysite.com/blahblahblah

it should be converted to a working link

link to: www.anysite.com/blahblahblah

[Guest RWMemTest]

To illustrate the problem - this post has what should be a clickable link in it.

[Randy W]

To illustrate the problem - this post has what should be a clickable link in it.

 

 

But that link doesn't show up in the original post, nor does clicking on it work, until an Admin comes along to fix it.

 

All I had to do was to quote the post, and the link shows up here in MY post.

 

When you want to post a link, just post the ASCII text URL including http://, and NOT the URL tags or the link button - until we can get it fixed..

 

Like this:

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?

Edited April 13, 2014 by Randy W (see edit history)

[Guest RWMemTest]

Simply cut & paste the link from the page you want to link to.

 

So when you ENTER a link, it will look like this in the editor (possibly underlined)

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?

and when you click on 'Save', it will look like this in the actual post

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?

Edited April 13, 2014 by RWMemTest (see edit history)

[NUWORLD]

Just testing.

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/forum/7-links-resources/

[NUWORLD]

just testing again.

 

Site Issues & Announcements

 

Tried something new and didn't work.

Mods/Admins please delete

Edited April 15, 2014 by NUWORLD (see edit history)

[Randy W]

just testing again.

 

Site Issues & Announcements

 

Tried something new and didn't work.

Mods/Admins please delete

 

 

It works just fine - the problem is that it has to be edited and saved by an Admin. That's EXACTLY what this topic is about

 

I'm not sure if that's an IPB bug or an anti-spam feature, but it's something that doesn't behave the way a member would expect it to (and renders the link both non-functional and invisible) - that's why it needs to be fixed.

[YuYang]

Test of link parsing by a normal user:

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted without using tool letting parser handle it, tools switch in off.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted no tool tools switched on.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted highlighted and link tool used.

 

 

Browser: Chrome.

Edited April 15, 2014 by YuYang (see edit history)

[YuYang]

Test of link parsing by a normal user:

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted without using tool letting parser handle it, tools switch in off.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted no tool tools switched on.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted highlighted and link tool used.

 

 

Browser: Chrome.

Link tool behaves strange, it is adding the ( <-- ) next to it messing up the link, switching edit mode to no tools shows what should be a normal URL from the tags.

 

[url=http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/]http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/[/url] <-- Link posted highlighted and link tool used.

 

Strange.

Edited April 15, 2014 by YuYang (see edit history)

[Randy W]

 

Test of link parsing by a normal user:

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted without using tool letting parser handle it, tools switch in off.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted no tool tools switched on.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted highlighted and link tool used.

 

 

Browser: Chrome.

Link tool behaves strange, it is adding the ( <-- ) next to it messing up the link, switching edit mode to no tools shows what should be a normal URL from the tags.

 

[url=http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/]http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/[/url] <-- Link posted highlighted and link tool used.

 

Strange.

 

 

 

OK - I will switch my fix off for a while

[Guest RWMemTest]

Test of link parsing by a normal user:

 

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted without using tool letting parser handle it, tools switch in off.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted no tool tools switched on.

http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/ <-- Link posted highlighted and link tool used.

 

 

Browser: Chrome.

 

With the fix off, this is what a regular member will see - links are invisible, and not functioning.

Edited April 15, 2014 by RWMemTest (see edit history)

[Randy W]

Now the fix is back on, so that links posted by Members will at least work.

[dnoblett]

Now the fix is back on, so that links posted by Members will at least work.

What ever fix is in place is messing up media links.

 

See: http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/?p=611256

 

The posts I did using my wife's user level account worked just fine, now as admin, I am getting the silly Link:To and no media.

[Randy W]

Okay - it won't do to have that as a confusion factor, so I took the fix out.

[Randy W]

 

Now the fix is back on, so that links posted by Members will at least work.

What ever fix is in place is messing up media links.

 

See: http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45378-those-crazy-videos/?p=611256

 

The posts I did using my wife's user level account worked just fine, now as admin, I am getting the silly Link:To and no media.

 

 

 

Where are the posts from your wife's account?