Forum Change: New URL coding rules

I've updated the site to change the way URLs must be specified if you want them to become clickable links in your posts.

The rules basically follow the same rules common to other on-line fora. I've listed the possibilities and a code example so you can tell how to type it in your messages.

Note: you may still use regular HTML tags as before if you don't want to use the new syntax or need more advanced formatting.<br />

<table width="800" border="1" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<th width="478" scope="col">Code (what you would type in your message) </th>
<th width="304" scope="col">Results after Posting</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>

http://www.somesite.com

</td>
<td>www.somesite.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>www.somesite.com</td>
<td>www.somesite.com</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>some text</td>
<td>link text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>some text</td>
<td>link text</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>http://www.somesite.com/image.jpg</td>
<td>displays the image in-line with the post.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[img]www.somesite.com/image.jpg[/img]</td>
<td>same as above.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Some text with an
Quote:

Indented quote

in the middle. </td>
<td>Some text with an

Quote:

Indented quote

in the middle. </td>
</tr>
</table>

Also, , , (underline), [strong][/strong], [em][/em], [pre][/pre] have been included in the new syntax for consistency and function the same as the similar HTML tags you all know and love. Be sure to include the closing tag! I still haven't figured out the best way to prevent unclosed tags messing up all the following posts, but I'm still thinking about it. Just take a good look at your post in the preview page before posting! Hint: it is a bad sign if your name at the bottom is in italics (or bold or whatever).

Hopefully, this will allow you, the author, to decide how your URLs look and make it easier to include links. I will update the HTML Quick Reference help file to reflect these changes. The old automatic hot linking "feature" has been turned off permanently.