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Automatically Create Linked URLs With URLFilter

The URLFilter module can, when people type in a fully-qualified URL (that is, a pointer to information on the Internet), without knowing HTML, that URL can automatically turn into a link. http://support.bryght.com is an example of this in action: without adding any special code in the text writtten, the URL is clickable and goes straight to the resource that it points to.

To enable this feature, you need to make sure that the 'urlfilter' module is enabled and also add it to the input format that users have access to:

  1. click administer » modules
  2. make sure the box next to 'urlfilter' is checked.
  3. click "Save configuration"
  4. click administer » input formats
  5. for each enabled filter you wish to include automatically-linked URLs:
    1. click the "configure" link
    2. check the box next to "URL filter"
    3. click "Save configuration.

Note: The URLFilter module also creates clickable email addresses, but Bryght recommends that in your writing, you do not post your email address at all in the text.  Many automated scripts (sometimes called "bots") look for web pages with email addresses in them, add the addresses to their database in order to send bulk unsolicited advertisements (or spam) to that address.  Instead, Bryght recommends creating a contact form using the survey module.