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Subject: Having trouble posting links in group news

Words of wisdom all around, but no one ever seems to listen. The words are all around but the words are only sound. But nobody seems to listen. Instead they'll say, "Well how could we of known?" I'll tell em, "It's really not so hard to tell. keep adding stones, and the water gets lost in the well."

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I cannot post links in my group news, whenever I try, it tells me "cannot post words longer than 40 characters." I am assuming it is picking up on the "link" text. Very frustrating, wondering if this is a permanent change? Are we no longer able to post links in news?

Or am I just missing the obvious? ty.

  • 01.01.2012 4:16 PM PDT
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deej pls

I believe there is an "add link" button, but I may be wrong.

  • 01.01.2012 4:18 PM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?

Oh huh, I don't know about that. You could PM someone in a group who posts news, and ask them.

  • 01.01.2012 4:20 PM PDT

Don't you have to post some crazy code? I should remember it seeing as I posted a group news article just yesterday, but I don't.

EDIT: Yeah, I mean link tool that creates the link code, I posted that in a rush. I had to do it manually yesterday because I was posting from an iPad.

[Edited on 01.01.2012 5:01 PM PST]

  • 01.01.2012 4:22 PM PDT

Type text. Highlight desired text. Ctrl+K. Post. Submit. Why wouldn't that work?

[Edited on 01.01.2012 4:25 PM PST]

  • 01.01.2012 4:24 PM PDT

Words of wisdom all around, but no one ever seems to listen. The words are all around but the words are only sound. But nobody seems to listen. Instead they'll say, "Well how could we of known?" I'll tell em, "It's really not so hard to tell. keep adding stones, and the water gets lost in the well."

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Well, this is a new problem. Never encountered this before.

  • 01.01.2012 4:24 PM PDT
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Do you know about time travel?

There is an icon that will let you hyperlink items. It is in your tools when posting news to a group.

  • 01.01.2012 4:54 PM PDT

@spaboolly

Are you trying to post the link in the full story text? If so, the only way to do it is to use the "hyperlink manager" button and put the URL into it that way.

I also happen to know that this feature (in fact, the entire tool box) does not work in Chrome or Android browsers. You also cannot post it the way you would in forums using code (ie [url=...)

  • 01.01.2012 4:59 PM PDT

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Posted by: MsCadetUNIVERSE
Are you trying to post the link in the full story text? If so, the only way to do it is to use the "hyperlink manager" button and put the URL into it that way.

I also happen to know that this feature (in fact, the entire tool box) does not work in Chrome or Android browsers. You also cannot post it the way you would in forums using code (ie [url=...)

This is the only solution that I can think of.

[Edited on 01.01.2012 5:03 PM PST]

  • 01.01.2012 5:02 PM PDT

wat
Posted by: MsCadetUNIVERSE
I also happen to know that this feature (in fact, the entire tool box) does not work in Chrome

  • 01.01.2012 5:05 PM PDT

Words of wisdom all around, but no one ever seems to listen. The words are all around but the words are only sound. But nobody seems to listen. Instead they'll say, "Well how could we of known?" I'll tell em, "It's really not so hard to tell. keep adding stones, and the water gets lost in the well."

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I have owned the group for almost 4 years, I know how to use the toolkit. Like I said, this is a problem I have never encountered. Something has changed, and I am wondering if it is a permanent change or not.

Thank you much for the input.

  • 01.01.2012 5:14 PM PDT

@spaboolly

Posted by: ctjl96
wat
Posted by: MsCadetUNIVERSE
I also happen to know that this feature (in fact, the entire tool box) does not work in Chrome

Yeah... doesn't let me even click into the field to enter text. Same with profile editing. Same with yahoo mail. I'm sure there's a plug-in or something that fixes it, but I would have no idea where to look for one.

OP, I know you can still post links in private group news. I did it just a few hours ago (on firefox, before someone asks). Maybe it's the link itself? If it's saying it's too long and assuming that's what's causing the problem, isn't there a way to condense URL's?

  • 01.01.2012 5:48 PM PDT

Well, I can tell you that's not normal. I don't know what's up with your browsers, guys. Maybe something on the site changed. I don't know.
Posted by: MsCadetUNIVERSE
Posted by: ctjl96
wat
Posted by: MsCadetUNIVERSE
I also happen to know that this feature (in fact, the entire tool box) does not work in Chrome

Yeah... doesn't let me even click into the field to enter text. Same with profile editing. Same with yahoo mail. I'm sure there's a plug-in or something that fixes it, but I would have no idea where to look for one.

OP, I know you can still post links in private group news. I did it just a few hours ago (on firefox, before someone asks). Maybe it's the link itself? If it's saying it's too long and assuming that's what's causing the problem, isn't there a way to condense URL's?

  • 01.01.2012 5:50 PM PDT