Frame Width
 

Occasionally a FT thread is wider than my display and I have to scroll left & right to read it. It is about 15 characters too wide.

This only happens occasionally.

Is there any fix that I can do on my end or is this an odd coding issue -

This is an example of correct width
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum39/HTML/001913.html

This is an example of too wide: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum39/HTML/001917.html

Any pointers much appreciated.

Michael,

When someone posts text without a line break (a return) in for example a URL then UBB just posts it all the way to the right...

If UBB broke the line in half then the URL wouldn't work anymore. A solution is to use a URL shortening service like www.makeashorterlink.com or www.tinyurl.com .

Scott,

thanks for that. all make sense now, it was just annoying not knowing why and having to scroll accross. I guess I will have to live with it.

Another solution is to put a text link in the message so the full URL doesn't show. To do that, write this UBB code:

[ URL=putLongURLhere]text[/URL]

(without the space after the first left bracket, which I had to add here so UBB wouldn't treat this example as a URL and hide the stuff I was trying to show.)

The reader will see the text in bold blue type. Clicking it will open "putLongURLhere" in a new window.

Either way, long URLs in posts are unnecessary. If someone puts one in a post, there's nothing a reader can do about it.

(edited to add the space)

[This message has been edited by Efrem (edited 07-04-2003).]

You can reduce the font size of your screen display (assuming you have not already done so) by clicking View > Text Size > Smallest.