New forum feature, automatic tool link

[Baldrick]

What is automatic tool link?
When you write the name of a tool such as TMPGEnc in a message, it automaticly becomes a link to our Tools list where you can find information about the tool and a link to download the program.

How do I disable this crap?
Select Disable automatic tool link when you post.

It doesn't work?
You must type the tool name exactly the same as in our Tools list or else it wont work.

[Bob W]

Yeah cool feature which will save all of us some time.

[Baldrick]

I changed so it only links once for each tool in each post. I think it is enough. See https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=172551&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

[gmatov]

But the side effects!!!!

It ruined your Avatar.

[defense]

baldrick said:

I changed so it only links once for each tool in each post. I think it is enough.

baldrick, look at the link below...it's still linking several of the tools in one post. See (DVDInfo)

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=172496

[Baldrick]

baldrick said:

I changed so it only links once for each tool in each post. I think it is enough.

baldrick, look at the link below...it's still linking several of the tools in one post. See (DVDInfo)

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=172496

You posted before I changed it. You must manually remove all [url] links to get rid of the links.

[Baldrick]

TMPGEnc DVD Author

TMPGEnc dvd author

hmm...not good...I don't want it to replace the other to tmpgenc....a tricky one...

[defense]

hmm...not good...I don't want it to replace the other to TMPGEnc....a tricky one...

yep

[Baldrick]

TMPGEnc DVD Author

TMPGEnc DVD Author

[Baldrick]

DVD-lab DVD-lab dvdlab dvd lab

[Baldrick]

dvdlab

[Baldrick]

dvd x copy

[Baldrick]

tmpgenc dvdauthor
dvd lab
ulead dvdmoviefactory
mpeg2codec
videofixer
dvd decrypter

[Gazorgan]

For what it's worth, I like it. IT's easy to say Ggt a real player, like BSPlayer and not have to hunt down the link. Bad side is you could have 10 links to TMPG and CCE in one comparison post :P

Leave it in.

[Will Hay]

Man, that is one useful function, although I have to remember to type Virtualdub and not Vdub!
Will

[Baldrick]

I have made it a bit smarter, spaces and - doesn't matter. Examples
dvdlab (dvd-lab)
dvd x copy (dvdxcopy)
virtual dub (virtualdub)
tmpgenc dvdauthor (tmpgenc dvd author)
dvdmaestro (dvd maestro)
dvdshrink (dvd shrink)

[mkelley]

Is it case sensitive?

I always type DVDLab since that's what the author (Oscar) does.

Ah... I see that works. Good job.

[Baldrick]

Nope, no case sensitive. You can even be drunk and write :

d-VdL a B

[mkelley]

Hmmm, but what about DVD labels?

(Okay -- how *does* it know?)

Very clever, Mr. Baldrick. I bow to your programming.

[defense]

finally got it down pat I see....definitely a great and helpful function.

[maa]

I got this thread from trying to dissable the function for my guide :

"Making a multiple VTS with Ifo edit for a Menu produced with DVD Lab"

The link is broken twice.
Making a multiple VTS with Ifoedit for a Menu produced with DVD Lab
There needs to be a button to:
"switch off automatic linking for This Post"

[Baldrick]

Until I have fixed it you could type like this

my tmpgenc guide

Add any bbcode around the tool name.

[Baldrick]

my tmpgenc guide

[ZippyP.]

Unexpected bonus result, newbies can create their own links.

[maa]

Thanks Baldrick, thats a good idea.

[maa]

Unexpected bonus result

Hillarious ! Do newbies read their own posts ?

[TomT64]

I typed out a bunch of em as they should have been, but added bbcode for bold around everything (just in case). As a result, none of them worked. Editing the post doesn't allow fixing of this either.

Perhaps you could add a default "Enable automatic tool link" as a seperate option, and have it work even when you edit. Also if you uncheck it on edit, all of them go. All you would have to do to delete them all is search for EXACT URLs that get outputted by the tool link, and replace with the link text.

[Baldrick]

I typed out a bunch of em as they should have been, but added bbcode for bold around everything (just in case). As a result, none of them worked. Editing the post doesn't allow fixing of this either.

Perhaps you could add a default "Enable automatic tool link" as a seperate option, and have it work even when you edit. Also if you uncheck it on edit, all of them go. All you would have to do to delete them all is search for EXACT URLs that get outputted by the tool link, and replace with the link text.

I might do that. Thanks for the tips.

[D_Knife]

Interesting side point
I have come across a couple - not many - of posts where people didn't realise it was a link
Last one to mind is
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=709702#709702

From his comments I genuinely believe that Marius III did not see the link - I don't actually know, didn't get around to asking
but I then showed my boss the page, he said he couldn't see any links in the post
Turns out he has a slight colour deficiency - so in the interests of useability would it be possible to re-enable link underlines or change the colours so the link contrast is greater.

As a demo - take a snapshot of a post with a link in and dump it into your favorite graphics app.
Remove colour/ desaturate and see if you can see the links...
Just an idea

[Baldrick]

If they can't see the links they must have a bad monitor...or very bad color settings.... But I will see what I can do.