LINKS: How to post in the forum

[admin]

This forum system has a quirk. When it displays links, it "saves us time" reading the long ones by sticking ellipses . . . in the middle to stand in for a lot of link text. This renders the forum useless for those who would copy and paste the text of an entry with links. To make sure all readers see and can copy the whole URL, please always repeat the link enclosed in curly braces { }. This will force the forum to display the full link as plain text.

Example:
= = = = =
Hey gang! Listen to this MP3 of a foreskin restoration song:

https://tlctugger.com/wp-content/uploads/I_Want_To_Help_You_Restore-1.mp3

{https://tlctugger.com/wp-content/uploads/I_Want_To_Help_You_Restore-1.mp3}
= = = = =
See how the forum automatically converted the URL to a link (with the target="_blank" attribute to open a new tab or window). In the process it shortens it for display. So inserting it again in braces lets readers see and copy the whole URL.

Feel free to flag (by clicking the flag icon in the lower right) any old postings you see with bad link display and I'll fix them.

[admin]

I just noticed the forum is not displaying links. Worse yet, the links appear to truly not be there in the body of a posting when the post is edited. I'm hopeful all our links aren't actually lost. Keep our fingers and foreskins crossed until the vBulletin gurus get this sorted.

Until then, the advice in the first post of this thread is more important than ever.

[z726]

Hi, Ron. I just took a look at some of the posts in the "Foreskin for the WIN" forum. The URLs that you posted in topics you started, between the brackets, are still there - only shown as text, and not as links. The ones that I posted, using the link button in the text editor, have all disappeared. That's a weird thing for an "upgrade" to have done, but I would assume it's just a problem with the software just incorrectly reading what's there. If you try editing the posts to look for the links, just make sure to hit "cancel" instead of "save".

Another weird thing: I just tried posting a link in this comment, using the link button in the text editor. It worked. Then I tried editing the post, and the link disappeared. Something's not quite right.

[admin]

The URLs that you posted in topics you started, between the brackets, are still there - only shown as text, and not as links.

To be clear, EVERY time I put a link in brackets, I also put a live link that's not in brackets, so we're not seeing those presently.

[admin]

The link display issue seems fixed. Posts edited while the problem was happening may never display those links unless edited now. Let me know if you need help.