how to disable UI's "interpretation" (mangling) of URLs?

[joeu2004]

(Zack, you've been so helpful today. I hope you have a good tip for this one.)

When I copy and paste the following text:

Box.Net: http://www.box.net/files
Windows Live Skydrive: http://skydrive.live.com
MediaFire: http://www.mediafire.com
FileFactory: http://www.filefactory.com
FileSavr: http://www.filesavr.com
RapidShare: http://www.rapidshare.com

the forum's UI "interprets" (mangles!) some of the URLs. The same text without the CODE wrapper is:

Box.Net: http://www.box.net/files
Windows Live Skydrive: http://skydrive.live.com
MediaFire: Simple File Sharing and Storage.
FileFactory: FileFactory
FileSavr: Free File Hosting - Online Storage; Upload Mp3, Videos, Music. Backup Files
RapidShare: http://www.rapidshare.com

Is there some way to coerce the UI into not "interpreting" the text without using a CODE wrapper or any other wrapper that would set it apart from surrounding text?

Perhaps some HTML tag that means "verbatim"?

 

[xenou]

I believe the answer is no. Though what you see isn't a mangled URL, it's the Title of the page you are linking to. I would advise not to let it bother you - the title is what the web page author would like you to see as the title of the page, and the link is still good. It can be copied with "save link location", as well as followed, and the address is visible in the status bar when you hover over it (you really should never follow any link without checking where it is actually linked to).

However, in forums which have html turned "on" (Excel Questions) you can use an html tag if you really have to see your links some other way than the standard one:
<a href="http://www.filesavr.com/">http://www.filesavr.com/</a>

 

[shg]

noparse tags:

Box.Net: http://www.box.net/files
Windows Live Skydrive: http://skydrive.live.com
MediaFire: http://www.mediafire.com
FileFactory: http://www.filefactory.com
FileSavr: http://www.filesavr.com
RapidShare: http://www.rapidshare.com

 

[joeu2004]

noparse tags:
Box.Net: http://www.box.net/files
Windows Live Skydrive: http://skydrive.live.com
MediaFire: http://www.mediafire.com
FileFactory: http://www.filefactory.com
FileSavr: http://www.filesavr.com
RapidShare: http://www.rapidshare.com

Fantastic! Thanks. I hope I can remember this. Would be nice if there were a button on the toolbar. (Did I overlook it? I always "Go Advanced".)