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Many forums automatically shorten a lengthy url. Is there a way we can? For example, I had my forum set at 70% width, but when someone posts a lengthy url, it stretches the posts out wide. I have reverted to 100% width which has stopped this happening, as obviously the page is at full stretch already. I have suggested that people either embed the url or use tinyurl - but they don't! Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.

On phpBB forums, a long url is condensed. For example, posting this long url link


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01EALIXB2/ref=s9_acsd_hps_bw_c_x_1_w?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&pf_rd_r=GQEB81B54ZKME5RTZNQM&pf_rd_r=GQEB81B54ZKME5RTZNQM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=a787de07-a12c-4b73-abcb-e8b09a3fa246&pf_rd_p=a787de07-a12c-4b73-abcb-e8b09a3fa246&pf_rd_i=11180296031


appears on the forum post as


https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01 ... 1180296031


Thereby not s t r e t c h i n g  the forum page if it is at, say, 70% width.


It would be nice if we had this feature (of course, we might and I haven't found it!)

Even setting the layout at 100% doesn't fix the problem as this link shows. I am sure there should be a setting somewhere to be able to 'shorten' lengthy urls. I thought I had found it in settings when I saw this (Admin>Forum>Posts and Topics):


Break up words with more letters than


Sadly, it doesn't break up a url, as I set it to 40 but it made no difference.

That is great! However, I have just made a sample post and it didn't work.    Do I have to go into settings to enable it? I've had a look but can't find it if this is so.

Sadly it doesn't work on my forum, as the screenshot below shows. 

Any joy with the above?

I appreciate that. When you have the time! Thanks, anyway.

I gave up on it for now. I found out it broke notification links in emails.