# Has SDMB always worked this way w.r.t. urls in posts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 28, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830 "2015-09-28T12:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/21 "2015-09-29T07:44:46Z")
And in Post #2, if I click on the little arrow to the right of the word Frylock, it goes here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18723167#post18723167](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18723167#post18723167) So, if I click on the text of the quote in Post #2, it can go to any of three different places, depending on where I click. But all of the text is clickable. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/22 "2015-09-29T12:10:44Z")
For me, post 2 works the same way it does for **Alley Dweller** : the link inside the quote box goes to **Bo** ’s post, the chevron to **Frylock** s op, and anywhere else in the box to **Frylock** ’s op as a separate page. Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/23 "2015-09-29T16:34:40Z")
Okay, I’m going to guess here that the problem is having a link within a link, which (I think) is not allowed in HTML, but probably every different version of every different browser deals differently with it. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/24 "2015-09-29T18:29:39Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > I believe [noparse] only works with vB tags. A bare url (which is parsed as a link if you check the “automatically parse links” box at the bottom) doesn’t have any tags around it, so the [noparse] is ignored. Correct, noparse is a vB code that tells vB to ignore the contained tags. It does nothing to other features of whatever browser and platform one is using. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Okay, I’m going to guess here that the problem is having a link within a link, which (I think) is not allowed in HTML, but probably every different version of every different browser deals differently with it. Curiously, you ask what browser we are using, but never tell us which browser and platform you are using. FYI, I’m posting this on my laptop running Windows Vista and Chrome, but I did look at the thread on my Android using Tapatalk. My laptop functions as the others describe, the quote boxes are solid links with nested links running to their independent sites. Tapatalk works differently. It doesn’t recognize the noparse tags, so my first statement “quote from site” is an active link with no URL tags visible. Both statements “test link” are quote boxes that are not links. Clicking anywhere on the post that is not an active link highlights the post for inclusion in a reply, as it typical for Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/25 "2015-09-29T18:38:26Z")
Actually **Digital is the new Analog** was right: noparse does work with bare links, but Viglink makes them back into links anyway. Also, apparently trying to quote something with [noparse] in the middle of it breaks the quotes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/26 "2015-09-29T18:41:53Z")
Ah, that noparse opened a tag and it didn’t close. DOH! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/27 "2015-09-29T18:47:50Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > I believe [noparse][noparse] only works with vB tags. A bare url (which is parsed as a link if you check the “automatically parse links” box at the bottom) doesn’t have any tags around it, so the [noparse][/noparse] is ignored. If you put [noparse] tags around the [noparse], it noparses the noparse! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830/28 "2015-09-29T22:40:55Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > If you put [noparse] tags around the [noparse], it noparses the noparse! I had layers upon layers in post #8🙂 It’s difficult to explain noparse without using it liberally. I spent a while with different formats to make sure everything was done right. ETA: Example of what \*\*fachverwirrt \*\* is talking about. I could fix the coding, but then I’d be editing the text inside a quote box. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-sdmb-always-worked-this-way-w-r-t-urls-in-posts/732830.md?page=1)