| ??? 12/30/04 16:44 Read: times |
#84118 - Autolinking Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Erik Malund said:
The fact that a word e.g. "bible" has an automatic link if clicked should not require a "turn it off" option. It is, I hope, not mandatory to click on the link. No, just that some people may prefer to have total control over the messages they write and might not appreciate certain words being turned into clickable links. No, it definitely would not be mandatory to click the links. Ps Craig, if you implement this, you will probably be flooded with requests for autolinks for Farnell, Pune, Mouser, P89C51RD2, Red Cabbage and who knows what else. Heheh, that was my very first thought as well. How do I decide what gets a link and what doesn't? Some of the keywords--like what Ijaz mentioned--are obvious. What do do with requests for additional keyword links is another issue. The whole thing becomes less useful if every other word in a post gets turned into a link. I think I like the idea; I just need to figure out how to deal with additional keyword requests. I'm already accused of being a totalitarian dictator that engages in censorship on this forum so I can just imagine what I'll be accused of based on the keywords that get auto-linked (or that don't get auto-linked or based on what the links link to). :) Maybe I'll just start with the obvious ones and deal with the rest if/when it becomes an issue. Regards, Craig Steiner |
