XenForo adds "http://"

[vefatica]

If I make a link (to ftp://...) in a post, XenForo automatically prefixes it "http://". In fact, if I just type the text ( ftp://... ) XenForo automatically makes it a link and prefixes it with "http://".

Can I work around that or can XenForo be made to not behave that way?

Now I'm going to simply type a valid URL (and not make it a link). I suspect that when viewed in the forum, it will appear as a link and it won't work!

ftp://lucky.syr.edu

 

[Charles Dye]

ftp://lucky.syr.edu

Weirdly, it appears to be missing the colon after FTP. Trying it myself: ftp://lucky.syr.edu

 

[Charles Dye]

Aaand... the colon vanished from mine too.

 

[TEA-Time]

Weirdly, it appears to be missing the colon after FTP.

It comes through in the notification e-mails that way too.

Trying the "Link" button... ftp://lucky.syr.edu

Nope, the colon disappears even in the Preview.

Vince, where do you see the http://? If it's in your browser's address bar, maybe it's automatically adding it since the URL is invalid without the colon.

 

[Charles Dye]

Misfeature, I think. XenForo is 'helping' us by removing an invalid character from the URL, though the colon after the scheme is not only legal but required. Oops.

 

[vefatica]

It comes through in the notification e-mails that way too.

Trying the "Link" button... ftp://lucky.syr.edu

Nope, the colon disappears even in the Preview.

Vince, where do you see the http://? If it's in your browser's address bar, maybe it's automatically adding it since the URL is invalid without the colon.

You can see the "http://" if you submit your post, then "Edit" it ... put the cursor in the text and press the link button

 

[Steve Fabian]

You were a little overpessimistic. The ftp address is clickable.

 

[vefatica]

You were a little overpessimistic. The ftp address is clickable.

But (1) I didn't make it a link, and (2) it doesn't work!

 

[Charles Dye]

Somebody's assuming that HTTP is the only protocol. Wonder what would happen if you put in a Gopher address? The server would probably start smoking and repeating "Does not compute, does not compute" like in some old Star Trek episode....

 

[Charles Dye]

How about like this:

ftp://lucky.syr.edu

Yeah, okay, so that's ugly.