New forum post enhancement?

[diversteve]

I like the descriptive post titles in the URL's.

Makes it easier when providing a link to another thread.

 

[John_B]

I like the descriptive post titles in the URL's.

Makes it easier when providing a link to another thread.

Really, I looked at it most like passing POST data directly in the URL. Not at all a "plus" in my book. At lease the options to choose between the two would be nice.

John

 

[DandyDon]

Nice idea.

But this is SB. You can't please all the people any of the time.

 

[El Orans]

Really, I looked at it most like passing POST data directly in the URL. Not at all a "plus" in my book. At lease the options to choose between the two would be nice.

John

Unfortunately, that's not possible, it's a board wide setting.

 

[diversteve]

I'm retracting my earlier post since what I'm finding is that a lot of url's don't make any sense now. For example I recently quoted one that the webpage author named index.htm. So it made no sense in the context of the original post.

What I did find as a workaround is that if you manually go back and re-edit the url description, it will stay as edited. Unless you copy and repost it, then it changes again.

 

[D_B]

I think that it makes the links more understandable, at least on all the one that I have posted .. I like it

 

[El Orans]

For example I recently quoted one that the webpage author named index.htm. So it made no sense in the context of the original post.

He probably forgot to rename it.

But yes, that's a case where the URL rewrite doesn't really help much..

 

[diversteve]

That's what I thought also but they'd actually titled it index.htm. Might've been something lost in the translation though since it was an English version of a German site.

 

[DandyDon]

What I did find as a workaround is that if you manually go back and re-edit the url description, it will stay as edited. Unless you copy and repost it, then it changes again.

Good to know, thanks! Got time to work on my laptop? Need more power, Scotty...!

Next time I buy a computer, it will have a gooood processor. I've changed the HD and added Ram, but can't change that part. :silly: But I'm drifting. Thanks for the work around, as sometimes the auto-links are a bit much.

 

[Hemlon]

Nice change....I like it.