vBSEO style link rewrites in message area

[Ludachris]

I did some searching but couldn't find the answer... our site used vBSEO. One common request after migrating to XF is to make it so that when a user posts a link in a thread that the link text gets automatically rewritten to display the Title tag of the page being linked, like the way vBSEO used to do. I know it's not necessary for SEO purposes, but it's function the users apparently really liked.

I'm guessing that's not available in XF - or at least I couldn't find it in the setting anywhere and I couldn't find any plugins for it. Any chance it's planned for a future release? I wouldn't want it to be done by default, but maybe an option for those of us who used vBSEO.

 

[Paul B]

It has been suggested as far as I am aware.

Any announcements related to upcoming features will be posted in the HYS forum.

 

[Ludachris]

The strange part is usually WYSIWYG text editors have a built in function that allows you to insert a link and specify the link title. Are there no editors available in core that have that functionality built in?

 

[Ludachris]

And how can one view the raw bbcode for links after it's posted. In the editor I only see the link, not the code to edit it.

 

[Carla Birch]

And how can one view the raw bbcode for links after it's posted. In the editor I only see the link, not the code to edit it.

You just swap the editor to BB Code Editor, via the button in the top right of the editor.

 

[Ludachris]

You just swap the editor to BB Code Editor, via the button in the top right of the editor.

Thanks Carla, found that not too long after I posted the question...

 

[dethfire]

I had a vb3 plugin that did this and for some reason I disabled it fairly quickly. I think because sometimes page titles are so bad that the URLs are better to use.