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  1. Mr. Jim

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    #2 Mr. Jim, Oct 19, 2010
    I think you have to tag it if it's not the actual URL.
     
  2. moreorless

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    #3 moreorless, Oct 19, 2010
    That's curious. What is "tag"?

    I execute the exact same steps on other forums and the word with the buried url turns blue and is underlined.

    Do yours turn blue and get underlined here on MA?

    ...Les
     
  3. Mr. Jim

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    #4 Mr. Jim, Oct 19, 2010
    motoring|underground

    It's the icon of the globe and chainlink in the tool bar when you hit reply
     
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    #5 amberback, Oct 19, 2010
    Test
    Twitter this one i typed without the http://
    Twitter this one i typed with it.
    Twitter This one i copied then pasted from the browser.
    Twitter This one I used the world/link icon.

    It looks like they all turned into links, but they are only underlined if i hover over them.
     
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    #6 moreorless, Oct 19, 2010
    Well......I'll be a son of a hoosegow. They do become underlined when you hover over them.

    How about that!
     
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    #7 Metalman, Oct 19, 2010
    Yup..... Obviously one of the many M/A benifits. As you said, not anywhere else.:D
     
  7. Steve

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    #8 Steve, Oct 19, 2010
    That's the way it works here on M/A. We talked about that early on and this is what we ended up with. I personally prefer to see links stand out a bit more obviously so I usually add the underline myself when I link something.
     
  8. Nathan

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    #9 Nathan, Oct 19, 2010
    There are a few things at work here.

    The style was set from the get go that links would be blue but not underlined unless hovered over.

    There is a also a bit of code behind the scenes that takes a URL and if there is a description of that URL the description shows instead of the http://... bit. It lends for a cleaner look when reading text.

    So instead of seeing http://www.sitename.com/lotsofotherstufftahatcanbeconfusing you see Lots of other stuff that can be confusing as the link.

    The code that is actually on the page for the last part of the example above is:

    PHP:
    [URL="http://www.sitename.com/lotsofotherstufftahatcanbeconfusing"]Lots of other stuff that can be confusing[/URL]
    BTW, that link leads no place.