Doesn't that require an extra step (or several) on the posters part? What I am referring to is that the forum software actually "snips" the text that is displayed for the URL. So that for the URL above, it would automatically display something like:
Doesn't that require an extra step (or several) on the posters part? What I am referring to is that the forum software actually "snips" the text that is displayed for the URL. So that for the URL above, it would automatically display something like:
Kinda depressed today...not that many "great" deals that I remember seeing last year. At best buy there is one great deal for a laptop, but that's about it...everything else is 10$ here or 20$ off there
backintoit wrote:Yea, sorry about that URL thing. Can't you name it something different but still have it work?
Anyway, not sure about it being a marketing ploy or a supply chain issue but they're not supposed to be available any time soon.
You can give it another name but I don't remember the exact syntax. It might be "Target Name= ". Maybe Dork or someone else can remember the exact syntax.
KBL Ed wrote:Not to be obsessively geeky about this, but this is the selection that is available in the other forum (maybe this one too?):
The "parse links" selection is what does the snipping, while maintaining the "clickability" of the link. It is checked by default.
That option isn't offered in this BB software. I've edited the original post to shorten the long URL (GASP! An admin edited a user's post! Maybe someone should post a thread complaining about it and a poll asking zoners if my Admin Privlages (sic) should be taken away).
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backintoit wrote:Yea, sorry about that URL thing. Can't you name it something different but still have it work?
Anyway, not sure about it being a marketing ploy or a supply chain issue but they're not supposed to be available any time soon.
You can give it another name but I don't remember the exact syntax. It might be "Target Name= ". Maybe Dork or someone else can remember the exact syntax.
