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I've tried the "standard" [email=person@address]Email me[/email] but it just displays the code itself and not an actual link. (Just as it does here.) Am I doing something wrong? Can I even include a link to an email address in a Forum Post? I'm the webmaster of the site containing the Forum so adjusting settings is no problem if that's my culprit. Thanks, ~Bob

The idea is that users only reveal their contact info if they want.

You'll notice in this forum that at the bottom of my reply shows info I have made public like WWW, IM, EMAIL, PM

but unless you create a special tag for [email] it won't translate.

BTW - Hey Bob!

-W

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Hiya bud, ltns.

I just figured the standard bbCode tags would work.

I'm specifically TRYING to reveal an email address. I want to post in a Forum, from the webmaster telling people to email the [email=moderator@mysite.com]Moderator[/email] to suggest new Forum Topics.

I don't care if the standard Forum Members can create that type of link, they can always post an address if they feel like it. I just want to make it as easy as possible for my viewers.

FYI Here's what I'm building: LowerYourVoice.org

BTW back atcha... How the heck are ya? I hope things are going well.

~Bob

The whole point of a forum is to provide a point to insert opinion w/out giving away personal info
Perhaps it would be better to provide a link instead.

-W

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Yeah, yeah. You know me, always wanting to do something unreasonable. I'm going to put that email link in the footer anyways. I'll just tell people to click it.

Thanks W

Had any good bourbon lately? LOL

~Bob

Instead of revealing your email address to the world (bots scan websites just to find email addresses to send spam to) why don't you just create a link to your contact page. It would be something like http://loweryourvoice.org//profiles.php?uid=2

You would of course have to set the config value for "Profile Login Required" to false for this to work for anonymous users.

Tom

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One of the Geeklog Core Developers.

We also have an autotag that links to user profiles, so [ user:Laugh ] (without the spaces) comes out as Laugh

(and, ironically, it doesn't work with userirk because the Forum plugin seems to get there first and thinks it found a smiley)

bye, Dirk

Well duh. Both are great answers I should have been able to figure out myself.

Thanks much.

And the smiley Dirk is pretty amusing.

~Bob

Can you report a bug here?

Ben

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