KT Walrus Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Seems to me it would be friendly to auto-detect more link types of plain text links in posts. I suggest that links to forum pages be auto-detected. For example, if there is a link to a profile page, this would be transformed into using the MEMBER BBCode with the member name being used as the link text. I also think links to TOPICs and POSTs should be auto-detected and translated to use the topic title (possibly prefixed by 'Re: ' if a reply to a topic). I'd also like to see the MEMBER BBCode enhanced to show the member profile popup on mouseover just like rolling over a name link in the author mini-profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 But then what happens if someone removes the member and/or topic bbcodes from their site? Would you then have broken bbcodes in posts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KT Walrus Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 But then what happens if someone removes the member and/or topic bbcodes from their site? Would you then have broken bbcodes in posts? Not necessarily. It depends on how the feature is implemented by IPS. I suggest this would work just like plain text URLs that match MEDIA BBCode are auto-changed, these other BBCodes that reference forum URLs be auto-changed. And, this feature would be on an admin switch just like MEDIA URL processing is now. It is much easier for users to paste a link to a topic or member profile into their posts than hunting in the Special BBCodes menu and inserting a formatted link use the BBCode form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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