Is there a way to put a link in a message or post and NOT have it show the page? When I put a link to a page that is on my membership site, instead of displaying the link, it shows a message that the user is not logged in - which is confusing. I’d like to post a link, but not have it show the website itself. And if it’s possible to make that link open into another tab that would be awesome too.

Am I understanding right — you don’t want this: [image] Use google search by default Support Can I use google search by default for discourse searches? So can I convert it to a google search like “search term site:domanin.com”. but this instead: https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-google-search-by-default/249951 If so you get it for example using this instead of plain url:

Yes! so I just put it in a bracket? Awesome! Do you have a solution for opening it in another tab too?

Internal links you can’t by default, I reckon. You can try using ``` tag like this: link text here I don’t know if it works but it is easy ti try out :wink: Just testing edit: did not work here External ones follow admin-setting default other external links in new tab.

Thanks, I was wondering if regular html links with the target blank would work … I appreciate the help. If not… it’s not a big deal!

[image] Jakke Flemming: edit: did not work here Your link has the target="_blank" attribute in your message and opens in a new tab when left clicking on it, so it works, unless I’m misunderstanding something? On a side note, if I quote your message, it will transform your link as a standard markdown link and trim the target attribute, removing the new tab opening inside the quote. edit: oh, you edited your message so mine does make little sense now. But still, a manual link with target="_blank" works, and it’s worth noting that there’s also a per-user setting for external links only: https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/interface [image]

[image] Coin-coin le Canapin: unless I’m misunderstanding something No you aren’t. But open in the new tab didn’t work at the Hub and I was too lazy to check it on Safari. But when I did right click, aka. long press, from that open command opened to browser as expected. Apple has its own solutions everywhere :wink: [image] Coin-coin le Canapin: you edited your message I added closing but it was shortly after I published that answer (and I would like to put thinking emoji here but emojies aren’t here; strange).

[image] Jakke Flemming: But open in the new tab didn’t work at the Hub and I was too lazy to check it on Safari. But when I did right click, aka. long press, from that open command opened to browser as expected. Apple has its own solutions everywhere :wink: It’s up to the developer to decide how links are handled in their apps. In the iOS settings for the DiscourseHub app there’s a toggle to determine if they open in-app or your default browser. [image]

That’s true. And yet external links are opened at Safari, even that is disabled. Anything else would be strange.

If you put a space before the link (or any other characters), Discourse will not draw the preview: How to stop links from showing the site This applies to internal and external links. Without the space: [image] How to stop links from showing the site Support Is there a way to put a link in a message or post and NOT have it show the page? When I put a link to a page that is on my membership site, instead of displaying the link, it shows a message that the user is not logged in - which is confusing. I’d like to post a link, but not have it show the website itself. And if it’s possible to make that link open into another tab that would be awesome too.

How to stop links from showing the site

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Loki (Wyze Loki) January 1, 2023, 3:56pm 11

If you put a space before the link (or any other characters), Discourse will not draw the preview:

How to stop links from showing the site

This applies to internal and external links.

Without the space:

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How to stop links from showing the site

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