Auto convert parts of links that user's post (for affiliate programs)

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Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Sell if i ever find a site tricking me into a place that i don't want in this way, it would be the last time i visited there.

I always check my statusbar before clicking. If nothing is shown i won't click mostly or i will first try to look at page source. If i ever found out to be mislead, well i would be gone from there.

Marco. That is a good point. I wasn't planning on using it that way. The affiliate links just look really messy and I think it would be cool to just show people the real page they will end up on.

Meaning, the link they see in the post IS the link they would end up on. It would just go through an affiliate site first and track the click. Nothing dishonest about that.

However, making a link like: (non working link, just hover over and see what I mean though)
http://really-cool-site..com

..would be very bad. That is not what I want it for.


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And Amy, I tried out yours but that changes the actual link. I am really just trying to keep the links looking good, and doing the affiliate stuff behind the scenes. I will take a further look at yours and see if it can be modded.

And my users will know about it. I'm just afraid of new members posting a link and seeing it posted differently, and thinking they messed up.