Blue text

by tomdavid October 22nd 2014, 01:06

I notice on a few words in posts on our forum that they are in blue text (originally was black like the rest of the message). If I click on that word that is in blue text, it takes me to another site advertising something.
Has anyone else noticed this and if so, how to stop it?
I had to go into the post and erase that word (in blue text) and type in an alternative word so the blue text would not show.

by **SLGray** October 22nd 2014, 01:11

Is this solved as you have marked it with the solved icon?

by tomdavid October 22nd 2014, 01:23

No it is not solved. I just posted it.

by **SLGray** October 22nd 2014, 01:29

Run a scan of your device that you are using.

by tomdavid October 22nd 2014, 01:34

SLGray wrote:Run a scan of your device that you are using.

Please advise what you mean?

by Ramdaman October 22nd 2014, 01:52

Check your extensions, there might be something foreign there.

by _Twisted_Mods_ October 22nd 2014, 03:03

if the words in the post where copied from another site that had those words linked they will also be linked on your site ...just paste the text in notepad then copy and paste it back in the post

by Whistler October 22nd 2014, 03:08

Do this and it will fix it, it just the Text ads activation for guests(underlined)

Blue text 3630cf10

by tomdavid October 22nd 2014, 03:27

Ramdaman wrote:Check your extensions, there might be something foreign there.

Sorry, don't know what you mean by 'check your extensions.'

by tomdavid October 22nd 2014, 03:34

FISH CRAZY wrote:Do this and it will fix it, it just the Text ads activation for guests(underlined)

I changed the 'Text Ads' to "No." (Will have to see if that stops the 'blue' text 'ads' from appearing.

The 'Activate Ads' is also set to "No."

I have the 'Reduce the Number of Ads...' set as "Yes." Should I leave it that way?

by tomdavid October 22nd 2014, 03:36

_Twisted_Mods_ wrote:if the words in the post where copied from another site that had those words linked they will also be linked on your site ...just paste the text in notepad then copy and paste it back in the post

It was an actual post by a member of the forum. It was not copied from someplace else.

by Whistler October 22nd 2014, 03:44

tomdavid wrote:
FISH CRAZY wrote:Do this and it will fix it, it just the Text ads activation for guests(underlined)

I changed the 'Text Ads' to "No." (Will have to see if that stops the 'blue' text 'ads' from appearing.

The 'Activate Ads' is also set to "No."

I have the 'Reduce the Number of Ads...' set as "Yes." Should I leave it that way?

Yes I have my fourm set like that