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Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(1,049 posts) Mon Sep 23, 2024, 04:30 PM Sep 23

Hello -- this is in reference to LONG hyperlinks

Long links
Long links in posts now break correctly and consistently, so posts can contain full-length hyperlinks and pages won't get deformed if someone accidentally pastes a URL into their subject line.

I just posted something with a long line that didn’t include the wrapped text on the 2nd line. Is something broke?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19495868

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Hello -- this is in reference to LONG hyperlinks (Original Post) Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Sep 23 OP

Whenever I put a link in a post, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 23 #1

Interesting. I've posted longer links previously and they've worked. Also, I just reviewed the HELP pages a few days ago Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Sep 23 #2

If other suggestions don't work duncang Sep 23 #3

Seems this is all you need for that link to work: Donkees Sep 23 #4

It's not the length of the link that's the problem in this case EarlG Sep 25 #5

Their explanation for the parentheses characters is that the pages are redirects ... Donkees Sep 25 #6

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,771 posts)

1. Whenever I put a link in a post,

Reply to Jmb 4 Harris-Walz (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 04:31 PM

Sep 23

I always preview the post and make sure the link works. Sometimes, they don't, and I abandon that thread.

Jmb 4 Harris-Walz

(1,049 posts)

2. Interesting. I've posted longer links previously and they've worked. Also, I just reviewed the HELP pages a few days ago

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 04:40 PM

Sep 23

and noticed there was a method to add a link by manually inputting the command. I went today to use that command and the instructions had been updated. Since I read somewhere that EarlG was updating DU with new coding I just figured something got missed.

It’s NOT an issue I need resolved for my post as anybody should be able to find the link on their own, just figured I’d bring it to your attention.

duncang

(3,713 posts)

3. If other suggestions don't work

Reply to Jmb 4 Harris-Walz (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 05:12 PM

Sep 23

Maybe try tiny url. It makes a shortened version of the link. I don’t have the site pulled up now but you can just search for it.

Donkees

(32,423 posts)

4. Seems this is all you need for that link to work:

Reply to Jmb 4 Harris-Walz (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2024, 06:13 PM

Sep 23

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_the_Republican_Party_(United_States)

EarlG

(22,566 posts)

5. It's not the length of the link that's the problem in this case

Reply to Jmb 4 Harris-Walz (Original post)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 08:01 AM

Sep 25

When posting on DU, most characters are allowed in links, but some are disallowed for security reasons. I think the problem here might be the parentheses characters which are relatively uncommon in links, although I know Wikipedia uses them. If you post a link with a parenthesis on DU, the link will break at that character.

Interestingly, those Wikipedia links seem to work anyway without needing the full link to be posted.

Donkees

(32,423 posts)

6. Their explanation for the parentheses characters is that the pages are redirects ...

Reply to EarlG (Reply #5)

Wed Sep 25, 2024, 09:52 AM

Sep 25

This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect:
From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed). This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.

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