Frame Width
Jul 4, 2003 | 8:27 am
#1
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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.
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.
Jul 4, 2003 | 8:44 am
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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 .
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 .
Jul 4, 2003 | 1:14 pm
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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).]
[ 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).]
Jul 5, 2003 | 9:24 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Efrem:
Either way, long URLs in posts are unnecessary. If someone puts one in a post, there's nothing a reader can do about it.
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Either way, long URLs in posts are unnecessary. If someone puts one in a post, there's nothing a reader can do about it.
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