this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2023
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I've tried using the link option when posting comments and the links never come out right. If i try making the display text different than the link, it seems to be unusable Ex:

Wikipedia

If I make the display text the same as the link, then it is clickable, but not highlighted and underlined Ex:

www.wikipedia.org

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[โ€“] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Boost adds an exclamation mark to the start of links. That's only if you're linking to an image. If it's to a webpage you remove the !

This is default. Doesn't work because Lemmy thinks this should be an image.
www.wikipedia.org

After manually removing the '!'
www.wikipedia.org

Edit: you also need the 'https://' bit too apparently

[โ€“] lillardfair@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

There is already a separate button to post an image though. Make the link button just for website links

[โ€“] lillardfair@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the help btw!

[โ€“] lillardfair@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Saw another comment that it might be the "!" that the link option placed before the text in brackets. So trying that here

Wikipedia

If this is the case, can we modify the app to remove that?

[โ€“] rmayayo@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Removed the ! before markdown links. Thanks for reporting