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Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:40 am

Custom link title for a long URL (avoid wide thread width)

I think this was mentioned at one time, but must have missed the remedy. On occasion there will be a thread that the text is wider than the screen and I have to scroll to see the whole content, what is the solution? I am using a Windows XP unit. Thanks for any thoughts. Steve
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:49 am

2 things can force the layout of the HTML to be too wide to automatically fit your browser width:

1. huge photos embedded
2. Long links (URLs) that have no spaces, so the browser can't wrap the text.

I'd ask anyone who is posting really long URLs to use this technique:

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[url=http://reallylonglinkwithlotsofgobblygook.com]Link title that you come up with[/url]


It will display like this:

Link title that you come up with

but clicking it will take the user to http://reallylonglinkwithlotsofgobblygook.com
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:44 pm

Don't forget http://tinyurl.com
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Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:33 pm

Last time I made up a tinyUrl, I noticed they have a feature now to let you make up your own
name. (I suppose if your's isn't already taken.) Try this one:

http://tinyurl.com/thisBCPpage

No, wait, that's probably not a good test, since nothing should have happened... 8*)

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Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:31 pm

svanarts wrote:Don't forget http://tinyurl.com


Right, but not really necessary around here if you use the above technique unless you want to mask the original URL, or the BBcode can't handle the characters in the URL for some reason (which I've had happen.)
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Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:37 pm

Thanks Zane. Steve
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Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:46 am

Huh? :shock: :?:

Oh, ya, sure, got it..............

easy for you to say............mumble...mumble........
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Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:58 pm

Let me see if it works

Trying it out

Cool Zane. Works well.

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