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  • Nico
    Veterans List
    • Jan 2003
    • 11328

    Originally posted by Nico
    I have a friend trying to register. He puts in all the details required but when he hits Register it comes up invalid user name or password.
    My friend says if he can't register he is going to take it to the high court.
    http://www.nostalgiamusic.co.uk/secu...res/srh806.jpg

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    • neilfws
      Senior Player
      • Aug 2009
      • 1818

      Originally posted by neilfws
      I've noticed recently when pasting URLs from the ABC website that the link text displays as "iview", and the rest of the page after that link doesn't display properly.

      One solution is to edit your post like this:
      I went to comment on the Rhyce Shaw news in the "Past Players" thread, but it's been broken by the ABC-URL-shows-as-iview issue. So yet again, here is the solution (see quoted post)

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      • ugg
        Can you feel it?
        Site Admin
        • Jan 2003
        • 15961

        I had to soft delete the post as I couldn’t figure out how to edit in Tapatalk. (Had to use Tapatalk as I couldn’t do anything in the normal browser)
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        • bloodspirit
          Clubman
          • Apr 2015
          • 4448

          Has the site changed so that hyperlinks are no longer active? It seems to be that when you post a link it no longer comes up in a way that is possible to click through.
          All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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          • liz
            Veteran
            Site Admin
            • Jan 2003
            • 16731

            Originally posted by bloodspirit
            Has the site changed so that hyperlinks are no longer active? It seems to be that when you post a link it no longer comes up in a way that is possible to click through.
            Whatever has changed has happened at your end, I think. I've just tried posting hyperlinks into threads from a couple of different sites and it worked for me as it normally does.

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            • Thunder Shaker
              Aut vincere aut mori
              • Apr 2004
              • 4148

              The "2020 trading, drafting and list management: players and personnel" thread is currently broken, with post #3745 having a rather large amount of text pasted into a link that is screwing it up.
              "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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              • ugg
                Can you feel it?
                Site Admin
                • Jan 2003
                • 15961

                I fixed it by removing the URL. I think the issue is happening for a few sites - Channel 7 was the culprit in this instance, but we have also met issues with foxsports. I believe the bug lies in the expansion of the URL to take into account the title of the link so that it can display the friendly title instead of the unfriendly URL, but on complex sites it is mistakenly capturing other details such as images.

                Is anyone aware of how this actually works? Is this a vBulletin plugin we are using?
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                • Thunder Shaker
                  Aut vincere aut mori
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 4148

                  Post #206 in the Elijah Taylor thread has one of those notorious ABC iview links that's breaking the rest of the thread.
                  "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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                  • Aaron
                    Regular in the Side
                    • Jan 2009
                    • 805

                    I have used the free TinyURL to shorten the troublesome ABC ivew link and re-post the same as post #207 and apparently, it overcomes the problem.

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                    • bloodspirit
                      Clubman
                      • Apr 2015
                      • 4448

                      Sorry, my fault. Does the issue arise with every link to an abc news story? I wasn't posting a link to anything related to iview.
                      All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)

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                      • liz
                        Veteran
                        Site Admin
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 16731

                        Originally posted by bloodspirit
                        Sorry, my fault. Does the issue arise with every link to an abc news story? I wasn't posting a link to anything related to iview.
                        Yes

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                        • Thunder Shaker
                          Aut vincere aut mori
                          • Apr 2004
                          • 4148

                          Post #78 in the Season Review thread is broken with some enormous icons.
                          "Unbelievable!" -- Nick Davis leaves his mark on the 2005 semi final

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                          • neilfws
                            Senior Player
                            • Aug 2009
                            • 1818

                            Post 70 broke the 2021 pre-season general footy chat thread. Once again the issue is a URL pasted from ABC News. The solution, as outlined below, is to format the link properly with text + a URL, don't just paste the URL.

                            Originally posted by neilfws
                            I've noticed recently when pasting URLs from the ABC website that the link text displays as "iview", and the rest of the page after that link doesn't display properly.

                            One solution is to edit your post like this:

                            - copy and paste the story title from the ABC page
                            - select the title words in your post and click the "Link" button (the globe + chain link icon)
                            - copy the ABC page URL and paste it in, click "OK"

                            Or if you know how to edit the code for a link plus its text manually, do it that way. So long as link text is added, rather than just pasting the URL.

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                            • liz
                              Veteran
                              Site Admin
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 16731

                              Originally posted by neilfws
                              Post 70 broke the 2021 pre-season general footy chat thread. Once again the issue is a URL pasted from ABC News. The solution, as outlined below, is to format the link properly with text + a URL, don't just paste the URL.
                              As the person who generally has to go in and fix these threadbusters, I'd love for people to follow your suggestion. However, I confess I don't quite understand it. Specifically, the second step. Where is this "link" button? How does one navigate to it?

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                              • neilfws
                                Senior Player
                                • Aug 2009
                                • 1818

                                Originally posted by liz
                                As the person who generally has to go in and fix these threadbusters, I'd love for people to follow your suggestion. However, I confess I don't quite understand it. Specifically, the second step. Where is this "link" button? How does one navigate to it?
                                If you use the desktop site, there's a row of icons and one is a globe with a chain link symbol. But perhaps that doesn't exist on mobile or Tapatalk.

                                Basically the problem is that people just copy and paste the URL. What they need to do is create a link properly, using some text.

                                So instead of just this (which is surrounded by "noparse" tags so it won't convert to a broken link):

                                https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-05/heritier-lumumba-strength-in-african-culture-collingwood-afl/12820942

                                They need this:

                                [URL="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-05/heritier-lumumba-strength-in-african-culture-collingwood-afl/12820942"]Héritier Lumumba reclaimed his name and found strength in African history. Will it change Collingwood and the AFL?[/URL]


                                It helps to preview posts using "Go Advanced" too, but I know people often post in a hurry, quite understandably.

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