auto parse url feature does not seem to work.

[murphy55d]

http://www.anandtech.com

What am I doing wrong?

 

[murphy55d]

Ok, now it works in this forum, but not Off-Topic?

 

[Lord Evermore]

Don't know if they did the update that makes it work in Quick Reply or not. Originally it only worked if you posted through the normal reply function, or edited a quick reply.

http://www.issevermore.us

 

[Lord Evermore]

Yep, it's been updated. Maybe you noticed it change between the previous version and the update?

 

[narzy]

if I type www.somesite.com will it auto parse to http://www.somesite.com

regard this as a test.

guess not.

 

[murphy55d]

http://www.testing.com

 

[murphy55d]

Seems to work now. Maybe i just experienced a hiccup.

 

[mchammer187]

http://www.dcslinks.com/pc/mc_psxjoybox5.htm

edit was only a test it did not work in my other thread http://subscriber.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=1025374&STARTPAGE=1

EDIT ^
why did it not work there?

 

[vetteguy]

I've noticed that it doesn't seem to work either, if I type in www.google.com

I thought it would if I did http://www.google.com but that doesn't work either.

Am I too dumb to use this feature or what? I have the option selected.

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

Does it parse http://every.thing or does it know every country code?

 

[Lord Evermore]

It auto-parses anything with http:// in front of it. But editing posts may not be parsing the same way anymore because of the bug with it screwing up already parsed lines.

http://www.google.com

http://boo

Oh well, I guess you are too dumb to use it.

 

[vetteguy]

http://iguessiamdumb.com

http://whyshouldthisbesohardtouse.com

http://itdoesntparseevenbeforeIedit.Idontcareanymore

 

[narzy]

are you using the WYSIWYG editor? are you unchecking the box to auto parse URL's by accident?

 

[vetteguy]

Originally posted by: narzy
are you using the WYSIWYG editor? are you unchecking the box to auto parse URL's by accident?

I don't think I'm using the WYSIWYG editor, I'm just using the norma "reply" function. And I've got the "Auto parse URLs" checked. Oh well, doesn't really matter I guess.

One more time: http://www.anandtech.com

 

[Shawn]

http://www.test.com

 

[Lord Evermore]

Another quick test.

http://www.anandtech.com

Heh, it's the wysiwyg editor, that's how I made this most the first time. You can disable it in your personal options.

On a side note, the wysiwyg editor crashed IE when I posted, even though it sent the data.

 

[Jason Clark]

Then IE crashed itself, as the WYSIWYG editor was made by Microsoft and is built into IE, all these "editors" are is the javascript to invoke them and set options. So that is an IE bug.

 

[Lord Evermore]

How is ActiveEdit made by Microsoft and built into IE? (Not even sure if it's activeedit or activedit, it's different in various places.) It may use ActiveX and Java and Javascript but that doesn't mean it's built into the browser. By that logic, every program crash can be blamed on your CPU since every program uses instructions built into that.

It did only crash once though, but I only used it once more to post then went back to the regular way.

What about the auto-parsing issue? Will it not work with the wysiwyg editor at all?

 

[vetteguy]

I have the WYSIWYG editor disabled. Are you saying the auto parse only works when I have it on?

 

[Lord Evermore]

No, it doesn't work if you're using the wysiwyg editor. Apparently since the wysiwyg editor is being used to generate all the forum code after you type it, rather than displaying the code, the auto-parser doesn't activate when the post is sent to the server.