[Resolved - Ad Blocker] Can't paste URLs into post any more

[Jamie]

Hi Paul,

Have you upgraded the forum software recently? It doesn't seem that you can paste urls into the posts anymore. You need the use the

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 "[url][/url]" 

tags now.

Jamie

[Pauven]

I've been pasting URLs today no issues, without the URL tags. I pasted several in the HTPC thread today.

No recent forum upgrades. There is one available that does make mention of a fix for URL's, which are being incorrectly shortened, but I believe that is with the URL tags. That's not a new issue, the forum has been on this version for many months.

[Pauven]

Testing.

Test 1, direct pasting of URL, no tags: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/bu ... xtor=RSS-5

Test 2, same URL, using URL tags: How to Build Your Own SSD: Fast, Roomy Storage for Less

[Pauven]

Both ways are working fine for me.

[Jamie]

https://www.asus.com/us/Mini-PCs/VivoMini-Products/

[Jamie]

Must be something I'm doing unconsciously. The last post worked. I posted earlier about the asus mini-pc and the url didn't appear. I went in and edited the post, saw that the url was there, but couldn't get it to display without the url tag. I also noticed in some of your posts that they have large gaps like you added a graphic, but I couldn't see the graphics.

[Jamie]

Here is a screen shot of your post and how they appear to me. Looks like a graphic or url but I can't see them. You mention a $400 minipc which I might be interested in checking out.

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[Pauven]

Maybe you have an adblocker. I don't know how it works, but whenever I post links to Amazon, they automatically embed a graphic button instead of the normal text URL. Here's how that same post appears on my machine:

image.png (439.08 KiB) Viewed 20789 times

[Jamie]

Yes, it was privacy badge and it was probably why I couldn't see some of my urls. I excluded the domain https://chamconsoft.com and the forum functions properly now. Thanks for mentioning that ad Blocker. I would probably never have noticed until you mentioned it. People, including myself, should be aware of these things,

[Pauven]

I probably need to find a way to turn off that Amazon URL to Ad converter. I have no idea if it is something I added in to the forum, or a core feature of the forum software. It's kind of neat, but not so much that it's worth the adblocker hassle.