sub-domain URLs not working & URL shorteners
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sub-domain URLs not working & URL shorteners
Two technical questions;
sub-domain URLs do not seem to working, e.g.
links to
en.wikipedia.org
CHiPs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
break and include that weird invisible question mark box, whereas links to
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/CHiPs
won't.
Secondly, why are URL shorteners like bitly and googl banned? They're useful to shorten long URLs that otherwise break.
Thanks
sub-domain URLs do not seem to working, e.g.
links to
en.wikipedia.org
CHiPs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
break and include that weird invisible question mark box, whereas links to
http://wikipedia.org/wiki/CHiPs
won't.
Secondly, why are URL shorteners like bitly and googl banned? They're useful to shorten long URLs that otherwise break.
Thanks
Last edited by Homeward Bound; Dec 15, 2013 at 03:40 AM.
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An ordinary domain name is like:
When you make a link to a website address that is written as a sub-domain, it does not work on this forum and in addition, it makes that funny box with a question mark in it. It's a configuration problem.
Try it,
MakesThe second question relates to web address shortening codes. There are a number of websites which shorten web addresses to make them easier to use
For example:
For some reason, the forum is set up to censor them and break the list so they cannot be used.
I wondered why?
example.com
A sub-domain is likeenglish.example.com
german.example.com
french.example.com
where each of the domain names is a separate website, usually according to language, state or, perhaps, department.german.example.com
french.example.com
When you make a link to a website address that is written as a sub-domain, it does not work on this forum and in addition, it makes that funny box with a question mark in it. It's a configuration problem.
Try it,
HTML Code:
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Anarchy]Sons of Anarchy[/url] [url=http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Anarchy]Sons of Anarchy[/url]
For example:
For some reason, the forum is set up to censor them and break the list so they cannot be used.
I wondered why?
Last edited by Homeward Bound; Dec 15, 2013 at 07:23 AM.
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the forum wants you to stay here on it and possibly buy something from one of it's sponsors. they have no chance to sell you anything when you are off looking at other things. this forum is free to use, and they are not going to have people sending other users link that will take them away from the forum.
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Using domain shorteners is useful, for example, when linking to a page of an online book with specific technical references.
It's not about sending people to non-advertisers. After all, one could just use the proper address of a non-advertiser, so why censor bitly and googl and so on?
Some URL with certain characters break forum linking because it does not understand them. In such cases, a domain shortener can fix it.
As to the sub-domain issue, it remains as above making a strange box in the line.
It's not about sending people to non-advertisers. After all, one could just use the proper address of a non-advertiser, so why censor bitly and googl and so on?
Some URL with certain characters break forum linking because it does not understand them. In such cases, a domain shortener can fix it.
As to the sub-domain issue, it remains as above making a strange box in the line.
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