URL tags

[FourWheelDrift]

It seems if someone posts a web link and surrounds it with the URL and /URL tags it doesn't work. The system puts www.pistonheads.com/gassing/ in front of it. I think I mentioned this before when it was just simple links but the bug is still there if they use URL formatting.

eg.

www.bbc.co.uk 

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 4th July 14:13

[FunkyGibbon]

FourWheelDrift said:

It seems if someone posts a web link and surrounds it with the URL and /URL tags it doesn't work. The system puts www.pistonheads.com in front of it. I think I mentioned this before when it was just simple links but the bug is still there if they use URL formatting.

eg.

www.bbc.co.uk 

seems to require the http:// bit else it thinks it is just a relative link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk  works ok.

[FourWheelDrift]

Typing www.autocar.com works fine. It's if someone put the URL tags around a weblink that it goes funny. The URL tags need to be removed as they aren't needed or fixed

[RacingPete]

Though not all web addresses start with "www" which is a way of spotting if an external link, though it does also pickup "http" at the start

For example tinyurl.com/2sczmo will not work, but www.bbc.co.uk will, but then again http://tinyurl.com/2sczmo will work...

So really the only advantage of keeping it is for those that would prefer to put text with a link.. this is what I am having for tea which I think is still worthwhile, especially in the Wikis

[JonRB]

I've noticed variable effects with implied links recently, although perhaps it was during the development period. Sometimes implied links were not being picked up despite starting with www or http:

If I notice it again I'll post a link to the thread in question.

(This is under firefox, BTW)

Edit: There's an interesting little quirk. If you type just http: like above then it creates an implied link to the current thread. Holy Recursion, Batman!

Edited by JonRB on Wednesday 4th July 19:07