autoretrieval of link titles seems broken

ladelfina · 05-15-2008, 10:56 AM

for me, anyway.
That is all.

**Janet H** · 05-15-2008, 02:38 PM

Do you mean in subscription notices that you get via e-mail?

ladelfina · 05-16-2008, 04:59 AM

Hi Janet.. no.. in composing a post, when one adds an outside link to an article, there're options for "Automatically parse links in text" and "Automatically retrieve titles from external links". I always have those checked, and when in the past I added links, the title of the link appeared instead of "http://...etc."

Just recently it didn't work for me:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/14visa.html

In the past the article title would have shown up in blue with underlining as a live link, while hiding the link address. Maybe something has changed at NYT? I have successfully made title-appearing links to them in the past.

Let's try another:
Our new home-page | Economist.com

That worked..! so I guess it is not the ER forum that is the issue. I was just surprised to see the link not transform as it had in the past. Neverrrr mind!!

Marquette · 05-16-2008, 06:17 AM

Just a random guess... but it looks like that NYT link does a redirect to an ad page and then lets you click on to the article. The forum code probably doesn't handle a redirect like that.

ladelfina · 05-16-2008, 07:17 AM

Thanks for that observation, Marquette. Yeah, on the NYT sometimes you get hit with an intro ad but more often not. I'll try in the future to see if I can avoid running into those.

05-15-2008, 10:56 AM	#1
ladelfina Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,893	autoretrieval of link titles seems broken for me, anyway. That is all.

05-15-2008, 02:38 PM	#2
Janet H Administrator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Eastern Washington State Posts: 1,102	Do you mean in subscription notices that you get via e-mail? __________________ Aging is not for sissies!

05-16-2008, 06:17 AM	#4
Marquette Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 976	Just a random guess... but it looks like that NYT link does a redirect to an ad page and then lets you click on to the article. The forum code probably doesn't handle a redirect like that. __________________ Dumber than sneezing into a fan...

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05-16-2008, 04:59 AM	#3
ladelfina Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,893	Hi Janet.. no.. in composing a post, when one adds an outside link to an article, there're options for "Automatically parse links in text" and "Automatically retrieve titles from external links". I always have those checked, and when in the past I added links, the title of the link appeared instead of "http://...etc." Just recently it didn't work for me: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/us/14visa.html In the past the article title would have shown up in blue with underlining as a live link, while hiding the link address. Maybe something has changed at NYT? I have successfully made title-appearing links to them in the past. Let's try another: Our new home-page \| Economist.com That worked..! so I guess it is not the ER forum that is the issue. I was just surprised to see the link not transform as it had in the past. Neverrrr mind!!

05-16-2008, 07:17 AM	#5
ladelfina Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,893	Thanks for that observation, Marquette. Yeah, on the NYT sometimes you get hit with an intro ad but more often not. I'll try in the future to see if I can avoid running into those.

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