Posting links problem (Mods)

[otheos]

Let's try this:

t est (http://forums.digitalmntsnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=147&FORUM_ID=17&CAT_ID=5&Topic_Title=Hard+drives.....+Are+they+working+as+t hey+should%3F&Forum_Title=Data+Storage+Devices)

I have posted links before and it worked but today I have troubles: it adds a space (here between Storage and +Devices) and breaks the UBB code for the link. I had it happening here (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum18/HTML/000303.html) and here (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum18/HTML/000300.html)

Lets see.

So the last two links work, but the first one keeps adding one more space everytime I edit this!!

It must be the size of the window that the link won't fit and hence gets the extra space. But I've posted links that long in the past and worked.

Ok, the dots work, but as you see it still adds the space. it should read test not t est

If another link is slightly longer it won't fit.

like here (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum18/HTML/000300.html)

[This message has been edited by otheos (edited 08-15-2001).]

[This message has been edited by Mntsnow (edited 08-15-2001).]

[muno]

i ik (http://forums.digitalmntsnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=147&FORUM_ID=17&CAT_ID=5&Topic_Title=Hard+drives.....+Are+they+working+as+t hey+should%3F&Forum_Title=data+storage+devices)

Perhaps this will work? http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
//edit
Couldn't get it work either, but replacing the excessive %2E's with dots helped.
//eddit
Heh, not it adds the space between the two i's of the link description http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
-M

[This message has been edited by muno (edited 08-15-2001).]

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[Fingers]

I've sent a message "upstairs" because this problem is over my head. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

[Steve R Jones]

This is a
T EST (http://forums.digitalmntsnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=147&FORUM_ID=17&CAT_ID=5&Topic_Title=Hard+drives.....+Are+they+working+as+t hey+should%3F&Forum_Title=Data+Storage+Devices) that is weird.



[This message has been edited by Steve R Jones (edited 08-15-2001).]

[Mntsnow]

Test (http://forums.digitalmntsnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=238&FORUM_ID=4&CAT_ID=3&Topic_Title=These+forums+are+SWEET&Forum_Title=The+Lounge)


Very Interesting...Mine works just fine but my link didnt have the .....(dots) in the url??

http://forums.digitalmntsnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=147&FORUM_ID=17&CAT_ID=5&Topic_Title=Hard+drives%2E%2E%2E%2E%2E+Are+they+wo rking+as+they+should%3F&Forum_Title=Data+Storage+Devi ces

It MUST be due to the extra long length of that Url. That is is longest I have tried but ones that are just a touch shorter I have not a problem with

If you notice when I post the whole URL it drops off the last 3 letters....

[This message has been edited by Mntsnow (edited 08-15-2001).]

[otheos]

I only use the dots instead of the %2E cause the take up 1 space rather than two and make the link shorter but it's definitely a length problem.

[SysOpt]

UBB has a problem with links that are longer than a certain length. If you need to include a very long URL, check to see if you can shorten it. Often times long URL's contain useless variables that aren't needed to access the page. For example, the URL for the General Tech Discussion forum is:
http://www.sysopt.com/cgi-bin/forum/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=General+Tech+Discussion&number=1&DaysPrune=10&LastLogin=

But it will still work if you take off the DaysPrune and LastLogin variables:
http://www.sysopt.com/cgi-bin/forum/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=General+Tech+Discussion&number=1

In some cases that might shorten the URL enough to work in UBB.. Anyway, that's the fix for now.