# urls and links and...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [July 31, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538 "2017-07-31T21:47:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/1 "2017-07-31T21:47:38Z")
If I type a url here such as [gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com) it become a link upon submit.
How do I make it just text? Not clickable?
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### Author:  [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/2 "2017-07-31T21:54:35Z")
Uncheck “Automatically parse links in text” under Miscellaneous Options before submitting your post or reply.
Note that we use an advertising click counter service here called Viglink (which I have nothing good to say about), and if you haven’t opted out of Viglink or don’t have it blocked it may on occasion make something clickable even if it’s not a clickable link as far as the SDMB is concerned. So if you made sure that the link wasn’t clickable when you posted and it still shows up as clickable on your computer afterwards, that could be a reason why.
ETA: FYI, [gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com) isn’t clickable in your post.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/3 "2017-07-31T21:58:21Z")
You can also use the [noparse][noparse][/noparse][/noparse] tags.
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### Author:  [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/4 "2017-07-31T22:22:40Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#):
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> ETA: FYI, [gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com) isn’t clickable in your post.
I click it in my OP or in your response and it works for me. That is to say that clicking [gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com) here takes me to houzz which owns gadenweb.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/5 "2017-07-31T22:36:08Z")
Don’t forget about Viglink. It automatically turns URLs into links on its own, separate from the board software. You have to use adblock or the official opt-out page for that not to happen.
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/6 "2017-07-31T23:37:33Z")
> [@BigT](#):
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> Don’t forget about Viglink. It automatically turns URLs into links on its own, separate from the board software. You have to use adblock or the official opt-out page for that not to happen.
It’s right there in post #2.
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/7 "2017-07-31T23:39:51Z")
> [@janeslogin](#):
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> I click it in my OP or in your response and it works for me. That is to say that clicking [gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com) here takes me to houzz which owns gadenweb.
Before you click, is it underlined?
Is this underlined: [noparse][gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com)[/noparse] ?
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/8 "2017-08-01T00:21:01Z")
> [@Musicat](#):
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> Before you click, is it underlined?
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> Is this underlined: [noparse][gardenweb.com](http://gardenweb.com)[/noparse] ?
It’s underlined for me in your post and every other post. And works if I click on it.
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/9 "2017-08-01T00:46:21Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> It’s underlined for me in your post and every other post. And works if I click on it.
Then the underlining and the link being made is something in your computer, not in the post. Check my source code and you’ll see I used the noparse tags for one line.
I have run across malware-type programs that inserted underlining all over the place where the web page designer did not put them. If this is happening to you, I think you have something intercepting the web pages and editing them. Probably not what you want.
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/10 "2017-08-01T00:55:55Z")
It’s working for me, too, and I’m running a Mac. The OP’s post #1 also had a clickable link, but then there was nothing tagged with a noparse tag.
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### Author:  [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/11 "2017-08-01T00:57:01Z")
[noparse][Straightdope.com](http://Straightdope.com)[/noparse]
Are you sure that the tag [noparse] actually is set to work on the Board?
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### Author:  [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/12 "2017-08-01T01:04:37Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> [noparse][Straightdope.com](http://Straightdope.com)[/noparse]
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> Are you sure that the tag noparse actually is set to work on the Board?
It works for me. Perhaps Viglink is the culprit here, and is acting like some malware routines I have seen.
> [@DSYoungEsq](#):
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> It’s working for me, too, and I’m running a Mac. The OP’s post #1 also had a clickable link, but then there was nothing tagged with a noparse tag.
Not clickable for me. I’m leaning towards Viglink.
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/13 "2017-08-01T01:35:36Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> It’s underlined for me in your post and every other post. And works if I click on it.
And not for me. (I have Vigilink disabled.)
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### Author:  [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/14 "2017-08-02T00:27:28Z")
I’m viewing this in Chrome with no adblock and with Viglink turned on. The url is not clickable for me anywhere in this thread. It’s not Viglink that’s causing the problem, at least it doesn’t seem to be in this thread. **janeslogin** and **Exapno Mapcase** may want to scan their machines for malware.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/15 "2017-08-02T01:43:33Z")
All the links in this thread are clickable on my Mac with Chrome / Safari. How does one disable viglink?
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/16 "2017-08-02T01:49:04Z")
Safari on my iPad. All links are clickable.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/17 "2017-08-02T02:19:41Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> Safari on my iPad. All links are clickable.
Maybe an Apple thing?
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/18 "2017-08-02T02:24:57Z")
I’ve been using Firefox on a Mac, so Apple is the only common denominator.
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### Author:  [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/19 "2017-08-02T02:59:21Z")
And, yep. On a PC none of the links are live.
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### Author:  [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-and-links-and/792538/20 "2017-08-02T04:45:12Z")
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