Double "http://" corrupts urls

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Rch

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Double "[url]http://"[/url] corrupts urls

Muhammad, when a URL is cut & pasted into a message, then the " bracket url bracket" LINK bracket/url bracket" manuever done to make a link, you end up with 2 "http://'s" in the URL that renders the link inoperative. Is that just the way it is? On my Internet Explorer a missing "http://" is automatically added. I think most dysfunctional links are caused by this.

RCH
 
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Re: Double "[url]http://"[/url] corrupts urls

If you enter the URL properly, it will work properly. The only case that I have found an extra httlp:// to be added is if the URL is an https URL. If you enter www.tractorbynet.com between url tags you get http://www.tractorbynet.com... since it adds the http:// to the front. If you enter http://www.tractorbynet.com between URL tags, then you get http://www.tractorbynet.com...

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Re: Double "[url]http://"[/url] corrupts urls

Perhaps RCH is talking about a copy and paste error I have made more than once. /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

If you're using the tag and accidentally copy in a leading space, like so:

[url= [url]http://www.tractorbynet.com]
... (note the space after the equals sign), you will get an extra "http://" inserted in front of your intended URL.

Stripping leading spaces is pretty heavy-duty software /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif, but I'll bet we could lobby to have it added to the next generation of improvements.

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Re: Double \"http://\" corrupts urls

dmccarty's message in the Tractor Safety forum this morning is an example of what happens. The link doesn't work as it is.

Bird
 
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Re: Double \"http://\" corrupts urls

Yeah, he had spaces at the front and back... you just have to get the URL without spaces within the brackets.

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Re: Double \"http://\" corrupts urls

The formatting example in the help file does show with leading and trailing spaces, though...

BobT.
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