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Re: Link syntax problem in news readers
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:23:57 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Thomas Main wrote:
> Is the problem of FTX formatted links not working properly in news readers still
> being worked on?
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> I found this post about it from last year:
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> http://news.lugnet.com/admin/suggestions/?n=770
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> I am still having to edit urls in my web browser after clicking on them from my
> news reader and have been doing so for the last year, at least.
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> A recent example is Tim Courtney's LPRIZE announcement:
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> I'd like to proudly introduce the [<http://www.lprize.com L PRIZE>].
That one works fine for me in IE6. I don't recall anyone posting screenshots as
Todd suggested in the thread you referenced, so perhaps it fell off Todd's
radar?
The underlying HTML (that I see via View Source from web view) is as follows:
<FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="-1">I’d like to proudly introduce the <B><A
HREF="http://www.lugnet.com/jump.cgi?http://www.lprize.com">L PRIZE</A></B>.
The raw text is claimed to be
" I'd like to proudly introduce the [<http://www.lprize.com L PRIZE>]."
I would think this should work right, but I'm out of touch with newsreaders.
> This shows up as one long url in my news reader (Mozilla Mail/News 1.4) which I
> then have to edit in order to remove the "L PRIZE" portion so that my browser
> accepts the link as correct.
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> Any help for those who have continually had this problem?
The flippant answer (not the right answer, mind you) is to change browsers.
Seriously though, is there any chance that your browser IS broken? I have no
idea, but like I said, at first blush that HTML seems OK to me.
Perhaps you could supply some screenshots in response to Todd's request for
samples of the problem?
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Link syntax problem in news readers
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| I have problems everyday with clickable items in my newsreader for NNTP (Outlook Express 6). If the people who post their MOC's link would put a space between the link and the thumbnail, it would solve 1 problem. On a seperate note, Lar, the "raw" (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Link syntax problem in news readers
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| (...) I uploaded a screenshot of the message to Brickshelf: (URL) you can see, everything between the < > is being read as the url. The link shows up as "(URL) in my browser. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
| | | Re: Link syntax problem in news readers
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| (...) I whined about this format when the standard first appeared. My concern was that I'd seen lots of emails/postings/etc. that enclosed a URL in angle brackets, and this format doesn't follow that convention. Instead, the presentation software (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Is the problem of FTX formatted links not working properly in news readers still being worked on? I found this post about it from last year: (URL) am still having to edit urls in my web browser after clicking on them from my news reader and have (...) (20 years ago, 28-Jun-04, to lugnet.admin.general)
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