RE: Auto conversion of URLs?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I just submitted a JavaScript a few minutes ago to this list that can searchin a form for strings and then replace. You could modify that so that uponsubmission you get the required results.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message-----> From: Kenneth Grome [mailto:ken@webdna.net]> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 1998 12:15 PM> To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com> Subject: Re: Auto conversion of URLs?>>> >Has anyone tackled the problem of trapping URL strings in a body of text> >and automatically adding the> >
and [url] wrappers so that that when the text is displayed the> >URL is clickable? What I'd like to accomplish is the following:> >> >User types:> >blah blah http://www.yahoo.com blah blah> >> >Database recieves:> >blah blah >HREF=[url]http://www.yahoo.com[/url]>http://www.yahoo.com blah blah> >> >Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?>>> WebCatalog's current text searching and text manipulation> capabilities are nowhere near the level of sophistication> required to do this from within WebCatalog itself -- unless you> want to write a HUGE amount of ridiculously complicated code that> would take forever to run -- and even then I'm not convinced that> it would actually work (although it probably would, since> everything else seems to work amazingly well with WebCatalog).>> Right now, WebCatalog offers no way to find and replace more than> a single character at one time. In addition, wild cards are> non-existent. This basically means you cannot even identify a> string that begins with http:// or know where to find the end of> that string -- because the tools just aren't there.>> The best thing I can suggest right now is to write an AppleScript> that performs the magic you need, then feed your field or form> data thru that script to turn those strings into URLs.>> Or do it manually. :(>> Sincerely,> Ken Grome> 808-737-6499> WebDNA Solutions> mailto:ken@webdna.net> http://www.webdna.net>>>
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I just submitted a JavaScript a few minutes ago to this list that can searchin a form for strings and then replace. You could modify that so that uponsubmission you get the required results.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message-----> From: Kenneth Grome [mailto:ken@webdna.net]> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 1998 12:15 PM> To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com> Subject: Re: Auto conversion of URLs?>>> >Has anyone tackled the problem of trapping URL strings in a body of text> >and automatically adding the> >
and [url] wrappers so that that when the text is displayed the> >URL is clickable? What I'd like to accomplish is the following:> >> >User types:> >blah blah http://www.yahoo.com blah blah> >> >Database recieves:> >blah blah
>HREF=[url]http://www.yahoo.com[/url]>http://www.yahoo.com blah blah> >> >Any thoughts on how to accomplish this?>>> WebCatalog's current text searching and text manipulation> capabilities are nowhere near the level of sophistication> required to do this from within WebCatalog itself -- unless you> want to write a HUGE amount of ridiculously complicated code that> would take forever to run -- and even then I'm not convinced that> it would actually work (although it probably would, since> everything else seems to work amazingly well with WebCatalog).>> Right now, WebCatalog offers no way to find and replace more than> a single character at one time. In addition, wild cards are> non-existent. This basically means you cannot even identify a> string that begins with http:// or know where to find the end of> that string -- because the tools just aren't there.>> The best thing I can suggest right now is to write an AppleScript> that performs the magic you need, then feed your field or form> data thru that script to turn those strings into URLs.>> Or do it manually. :(>> Sincerely,> Ken Grome> 808-737-6499> WebDNA Solutions> mailto:ken@webdna.net> http://www.webdna.net>>>
Olin
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