<a> Tag Tip and ProBoards

[wildgoosespeeder]

I see this all the time. People tend to put a full link to somewhere else on their forum. If a forum has multiple domains (a domain is "www.google.com" excluding the protocol "http://"), this can make a member think they have logged out but really they didn't.

To avoid this, first I'll show you improper linking with the <a> tag (even though this works):

<a href="http://wormocodes.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=wildgoosespeeder">wildgoosespeeder</a>

Now improved:

<a href="index.cgi?action=viewprofile&user=wildgoosespeeder">wildgoosespeeder</a>

Both will take you to the same place.

How does this work you ask? Well your browser automatically inserts the protocol ("http://"), domain ("wormocodes.proboards.com"), and path (none in this case).

Note: Does not work with [a href=""][/a] or [a href=""][/a] tags.

[warmonk3y]

Good to know, thanks =)