Why aren't links posted on LAF color coded like on the rest of the web?

[Connectamabob]

The LAF is literally the only forum I've ever seen that does not use link color-coding. All posted links show up as the same black text as normal text. When I use embedded link tags to turn a bit of text into a link, I have to manually color the anchor text blue in order to let people know there's anything there at all.

Is there a reason the LAF board is set to not color-code links? Is it possible to change this?

[beefcake]

Yep. Weird. A pain for the uninitiated.

[Cherno]

I made a thread about this issue a couple of years ago but nothing ever came of it. Apparently it's not possible to do automatically.

[Sunjester]

I'd never really thought about it, personally it's never seemed a problem.

[zemjw]

I always surround any links with underscore codes

Code: [Select]

[u][url=http://xxx]xxx[/url][/u]

which gives xxx

apologies for the "code" tag, it's the only one I could think of that wouldn't interpret the url and other tags. For all that, it would be nice if links were flagged automatically.

[The_Beast]

I always use the 'change color' myself. It's small extra work, but I could use any color I prefer.

Know what I mean?

Doug

Edit: Of course, I also tend to change the title. http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php
Example Don't much care for the red, but might just be my eyes.

[beefcake]

Tried to click the blue one then... you click tease.

[The_Beast]

Tried to click the blue one then... you click tease.

Fixed! 

Doug

[beefcake]

Dammit, I thought it was going to take me to a more interesting site than the urban dictionary!

[The_Beast]

Dammit, I thought it was going to take me to a more interesting site than the urban dictionary!

Interesting? You young whipper-snapper, the whole post wass supposed to be educational!

You know, dull as dirt. The dry, dusty, grey kind. 

Doug