You may have noticed that, since the forum upgrade, clicking on a link behaves differently.

Previously, if you clicked on a link (like the link some people have in their signature), the new page would appear in a new tab in your browser, if your browser supported tabs. Possibly, it would appear in a new window, it depends a bit on the browser brand and version.

Since the upgrade, if you click on a link, the new page will replace the current one, and not create a new tab or window. This could be very annoying if you are used to the old behaviour.

So why is this happening ?

It's not our mistake or decision, but a feature of PhpBB version 3. The designers of PhpBB wanted a better conformance with HTML standards, which dictate that by default, a click on a link shall replace the current page. If the user wants it differently, they have the choice to use



Try it out, it works - at least on IE and Firefox, I did not try other browsers.

It seems to be possible to change it back to the old behaviour by hacking the php code, but I'm not in favour of that.
First, it's work. I don't like work. Second, it will be better to get used to use ctrl-click or shift-click as needed.

The advantage of replacing the current page is that you can simply do backspace, instead of cluttering up your desktop with windows and tabs you need to explicitly close.

Just an extra message for Mac users...

[code]Command (or Apple key)-click ------> link opens in a new tab[/code]

Darn, why is BB code off? I can understand not having html in this forum, but no BB code?

Did we have BBcode before?

Essentially, we did. But he is saying that codes do not work in this forum. It is only a problem for non-admins, apparently. Chris said earlier that it's probably a matter of permissions (something you can probably easily fix from the admin control panel). Regular users also don't have the edit option in this forum.

Oh, Terez, I'm getting so confused. Every time I've been typing in a forum, someone gets right in ahead of me. I thought I was a fast typist, but you all are even faster!
I just talked about this BBCode thing in the other thread - I'll check into it now.

question: Are you saying that BBCode is on for you in the other forums?

Yup. When I use it here, it just doesn't work.

[i]See[/i]?

Sorry, I looked around but could not find the setting.

I don't know if this forum had BBcode before the change or not. :oops:

It obviously works for admins since Chris used [code] tags in the OP. I suppose it's just a setting.

[quote="pianolady"]question: Are you saying that BBCode is on for you in the other forums?[/quote]
It is AFAIK.

See? Even quotes don't work. :(

Yes, those fall under the BBcode category. ;)

Sorry you guys. At least you don't have to post in this forum that often.

Yeah! :-) Well, I won't worry about it anymore.