Why do hyperlinks drop zeros?

[newbury]

I link to a lot of "stuff".

For example this generator:
Link plain dropping the https - //www.amazon.com/DuroMax-XP10000EH-Starting-Portable-Generator/dp/B00LT8S7IY
Link using the link tool
Amazon.com: DuroMax XP1EH, 8 Running Watts/1 Starting Watts, Dual Fuel Powered Portable Generator: Patio, Lawn & Garden

When I do a preview both look the same. When I post it comes up with the zeros missing

 

[bcp]

I don't know why it happens, but after I post it, I edit it and put in the missing zeros.

Bruce

 

[/pine]

I link to a lot of "stuff".

For example this generator:
Link plain dropping the https - //www.amazon.com/DuroMax-XP10000EH-Starting-Portable-Generator/dp/B00LT8S7IY
Link using the link tool
Amazon.com: DuroMax XP1EH, 8 Running Watts/1 Starting Watts, Dual Fuel Powered Portable Generator: Patio, Lawn & Garden

When I do a preview both look the same. When I post it comes up with the zeros missing

What happens if you simply copy and paste a URI?

 

[newbury]

What happens if you simply copy and paste a URI?

Whats a URI?
If you mean URL - if I drop the full URL from Amazon it performs the same as the link tool.

 

[flyerdan]

I think the forum software pares some of the data in the text that shows, while retaining the integrity of the URL, as observed by hovering over the link. At the bottom of the page the location that the link will take you is displayed, which is the same as the plain text example above.
I just embed a link in the conversation, the same link is in check out this genny at Amazon.

 

[/pine]

Whats a URI?
If you mean URL - if I drop the full URL from Amazon it performs the same as the link tool.

Sorry...I'm old school...to me any "hyperlink" (mentioned in the title) is a URI...
Uniform Resource Identifier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[aczlan]

I link to a lot of "stuff".

For example this generator:
Link plain dropping the https - //www.amazon.com/DuroMax-XP10000EH-Starting-Portable-Generator/dp/B00LT8S7IY
Link using the link tool
Amazon.com: DuroMax XP1EH, 8 Running Watts/1 Starting Watts, Dual Fuel Powered Portable Generator: Patio, Lawn & Garden

When I do a preview both look the same. When I post it comes up with the zeros missing

Which zeros are missing? Both your links have 4 zeros in the model number and 2 in the item number.

Aaron Z

 

[newbury]

Which zeros are missing? Both your links have 4 zeros in the model number and 2 in the item number.

Aaron Z

This is what it looks like to on my system (Chrome) :

 

[/pine]

Not a fix for the way the software parses the links but a solution might be something like: TinyURL.com - shorten that long URL into a tiny URL

Something else to consider is...if a user's browser allows cookies/scripts etc...and or a user is "signed in" to a commercial site...links you click on will be parsed (and appear in the address tray, where they are dragged or pasted from) with (user) identifier strings...

 

[aczlan]

This is what it looks like to on my system (Chrome)View attachment 475682:

Ah, its dropping 0s in the title that it retrieved from Amazon, not the link itself. Thats odd.

Aaron Z