Ghengis Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 If you look at my "Got tanks?" thread, you will see there is a link posted to a Youtube vid. The thing is, unless I pointed out in that thread that there was a link, no-one would know. Why is it that links are no longer coloured/highlit/underlined? And while I'm here, can we have Youtube tags enabled, please? It should be part of the basic IPB structure, as other IPB forums have this function. Would save having to post the link, then... If you are wondering what Youtube tags look like, or how to use them, they would be keyed thus... [ youtube ] 9jNTMAf8KTI [ / youtube ] (obviously w.out all the spaces) ...and appear as a Youtube screen in the Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callatya Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 The lack of underlining is a known issue and is a class issue. I can give you underlining, but it underlines EVERY LINK, including buttons and forum names, the lot. Yes it is a problem, and yes we are aware of it, but right now I can't fix it quickly. If it is a huge problem, switch your theme to "AusAqua2.2.0" for the time being. I understand the frustration, it annoys me too, but I can't take care of it just yet. The youtube issue puzzles me as I thought we had it as a button AND enabled, but never mind, I'll look into it. It could have been flipped off recently due to the spm issue. I believe it is included in the last full upgrade anyway, so it is going to happen shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Insert You Tube is in ADD REPLY but not FAST REPLY. In FAST REPLY you can use the "More Options" button. Unless it's ony enabled for admin, as to which I must defer to the technically adept . BTW if you want your link to show up underlined, you can underline it using the underline button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Did someone fix the YouTube functionality? Because they certainly used to work in the past and they're working now. See this topic for an embedded clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 The youtube button didn't work for me so I searched for how to do it and found that if you use the youtube tags manually it works. This is the thread I found -> Click Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 I am experimenting with EVERY LINK being underlined, which Callatya pointed out would happen if the settings were changed. What are people's thoughts? Better to have all links underlined so you can see the links in threads, or does it make the forum look heavy and ugly and you preferred it how it was? No point in it looking pretty if it doesn't have the functionality you all need, but if you think it's ugly as sin and can't bear to look at it, I don't want that either! Either way, interested in your feedback. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyarlla Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Can you maybe make the links a different colour instead then? Internet blue perhaps? (hahaha) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killimike Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 For my part, I'm happy with the underlining, and prefer it to links being undifferentiated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbites Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Underlined links are the internet standard and will be what everyone looks for when looking for a link. The only way it would look ugly is if everyone used excessive (IMHO) text for the link description like this. Is it possible to limit the number of characters for the link description? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 Hi Lyralla, I tried teal but it changed every single link to teal (eg member names, who's online, the names above avatars, links people's signatures, "view new posts" etc etc etc) and looked quite bloody awful. Maybe I can experiment with a different shade of grey and see how that looks. Thanks Wayne and Mike. My concern is if you view the front page or "view new posts", where just about everything is now underlined. Is it too clunky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bettarazzi Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 If we make links a different colour, that will also affect ALL links on the Board, not just links in posts. I'm happy with the underlining as well. It's similar to the previous version of the board which had everything underlined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted October 4, 2009 Report Share Posted October 4, 2009 I prefer underlined links too :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffy Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Looks fine much prefered for me as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbygodz Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 I Reckon underline is the WTG. (way to go).......Love acronyms. -Brad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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