Thread title being appended to URLs

onlydarksets · 09-13-2006, 05:47 PM

Check this out:
http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...tml#post214927

The tried to create a hyperlink that just said "Skins&PsuFAN4LIFE". However, it somehow got changed to "Skins&PsuFAN4LIFE (Apparently we will never win a SB.)".

Any idea why the thread title was appended to the end of the link text? Am I doing something wrong? Newfangled computer thingies...

FRPLG · 09-13-2006, 09:32 PM

It is a product of a plugin The Ego installed. It makes all the thread pages "static"(they're not really static but the appear so to Google and friends) html pages which are much more search engine friendly. Google and the like handle differently the way they index when they get to pages like 'index.php?id='14318' versus the same thread but with the better title like '14318-thread-title-being-appended-urls.html'

MTK · 09-13-2006, 10:06 PM

I was going to say it's magic, but FRPLG explained it to the T.

onlydarksets · 09-13-2006, 10:09 PM

Magic, eh? Well, OK, but it's seriously cramping my witty style.

onlydarksets · 09-20-2006, 11:23 AM

OK - I see what's happening. There is a new option when posting that I never noticed before called "Automatically retrieve titles from external links". I'm guessing that when I turn it off, it will post the actual URL (or the text I put in place of the URL). So, with the option turned off, it stays as:

http://www.nfl.com/

Whereas, with the option turned on, it becomes:

NFL.com - Official Site of the National Football League

What I can't find is how to set the default to be turned off.

09-13-2006, 05:47 PM	#1
onlydarksets Playmaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: all up in your business Posts: 2,693	Thread title being appended to URLs Check this out: http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...tml#post214927 The tried to create a hyperlink that just said "Skins&PsuFAN4LIFE". However, it somehow got changed to "Skins&PsuFAN4LIFE (Apparently we will never win a SB.)". Any idea why the thread title was appended to the end of the link text? Am I doing something wrong? Newfangled computer thingies... __________________ Stop reading my signature.

09-13-2006, 09:32 PM	#2
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 46 Posts: 10,164	Re: Thread title being appended to URLs It is a product of a plugin The Ego installed. It makes all the thread pages "static"(they're not really static but the appear so to Google and friends) html pages which are much more search engine friendly. Google and the like handle differently the way they index when they get to pages like 'index.php?id='14318' versus the same thread but with the better title like '14318-thread-title-being-appended-urls.html'

09-13-2006, 10:06 PM	#3
MTK \m/ Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: NY Age: 51 Posts: 99,402	Re: Thread title being appended to URLs I was going to say it's magic, but FRPLG explained it to the T. __________________ Support The Warpath! \| Warpath Shop

09-13-2006, 10:09 PM	#4
onlydarksets Playmaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: all up in your business Posts: 2,693	Re: Thread title being appended to URLs Magic, eh? Well, OK, but it's seriously cramping my witty style. __________________ Stop reading my signature.

09-20-2006, 11:23 AM	#5
onlydarksets Playmaker Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: all up in your business Posts: 2,693	Re: Thread title being appended to URLs OK - I see what's happening. There is a new option when posting that I never noticed before called "Automatically retrieve titles from external links". I'm guessing that when I turn it off, it will post the actual URL (or the text I put in place of the URL). So, with the option turned off, it stays as: http://www.nfl.com/ Whereas, with the option turned on, it becomes: NFL.com - Official Site of the National Football League What I can't find is how to set the default to be turned off. __________________ Stop reading my signature.

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