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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2014-09-01 05:39
Can we all understand that if we post a link, to another website or to a file, then that is immediately accessible here if we write, first, the character '<', then immediately the link, then immediately the character '>'.
Without that, it's probably trivial to mark, copy and then access on some systems; but it's not on others.
Can we routinely make links 'clickable', please?
It's not hard to do.
Tony
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Author: Roxann
Date: 2014-09-01 07:19
I was hoping this trick (<>) would work when emailing someone...it doesn't. I know this is way off the subject, but would you know how to make a link "clickable" in an email?
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Author: clarnibass
Date: 2014-09-01 08:19
The <> doesn't always work for some reason (and yes it was "perfect" like it says in the Help section). Sometimes I had to use [ url ] [ / url ] without the gaps(!) and that worked when <> didn't.
As far as email (Roxann's question), every email I know makes links clickable automatically.
Edit: I tried to write [ url ] [ / url ] without the gaps but I guess it just assumed it was a link of nothing so didn't write it. I just noticed it now.
Post Edited (2014-09-01 17:46)
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2014-09-01 18:17
Somehow the '<' ... '>' parser gets confused by the marker '#' in the URL if one is in there. Also, it has to start with http:// or https:// .
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-09-01 21:13
or we can just copy and open in a new window?
is that hard?
.............Paul Aviles
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Author: Jack Kissinger
Date: 2014-09-01 21:34
In Firefox and Google Chrome at least, another option is to highlight the link in the post and then right-click on the highlighted link. This leads to a drop down menu that includes options for opening the link.
Best regards,
jnk
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Author: Dibbs
Date: 2014-09-02 12:48
Paul Aviles wrote:
> or we can just copy and open in a new window?
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On a PC it's easy, yes, but I haven't found a way to do that on my iPad. For some reason it won't let me select and copy text on this board although I can on other web pages. Stupid bloody thing.
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Author: Tony Pay ★2017
Date: 2014-09-02 13:53
>> or we can just copy and open in a new window?
>> is that hard? >>
Or 'we' can just read my original post?
is that hard?
Tony
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Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-09-02 15:59
It just seems as though there are more than just a few "technical issues" that come up with the link business. I recall trying some years ago and not being at all successful in the endeavor. Maybe I'll try again.
http://www.vandorentv.com
test, test.......one, two, three....
.............Paul Aviles
Ok, so........that worked.......THANKS !!!!!
Post Edited (2014-09-02 16:00)
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Author: Roxann
Date: 2014-09-02 17:22
(/ address ) without any gaps WORKED!!! I use gmail. Thanks everybody! No more copy/paste:)
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Author: fskelley
Date: 2014-09-02 21:32
I want to hear how somebody dictated a post through Siri, complete with a working link. Or perhaps you can tell what happened when you tried.
(My iPhone is too old for Siri so I have no experience with her/it. I suppose DW and I will get iPhone 6's after they arrive and the furor has subsided.)
Stan in Orlando
EWI 4000S with modifications
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Author: JoeWakeling
Date: 2014-09-06 23:35
My bad, I feel ;-)
Without wanting to put any pressure on Mark C., this is something that is in principle resolvable in the BBS itself. It's perfectly possible to parse the content of a post for text that validates as a URL or an email address, and for the post to be rendered as HTML with the appropriate tags. The whole [ url ] [ /url ] or < > stuff just makes parsing simpler, and it's a long time since I last used a BBS that required it (which may of course say more about me than the software:-)
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