I just put in a pretty strong "request" to the Smugmug development team to re-institute the old link options. The CSR I spoke with thought it was a good idea but he doesn't have any say. He referred me to the engineers. Apparently they think that very few forums still require the BBCode method and URL links should be good enough. I disabused them of that notion and am hoping to get it back. We'll see. In the meantime, I am in the market for a good photo hosting and sharing service that will replace the now much less useful SM, just in case.