UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads 7 Version 7 Support HTML Linking in Island, and Avatar Storage Directory

I have my board up and running -- love it! -- and I have two (hopefully final) issues I'm having trouble with:

1. Setting up a site index in a custom island.
I entered the html href code strings between the EOF lines, and the island and link text displays correctly on the public pages. However the UBB is placeing its own directory before the linked URLs when the links are clicked. For example, it points the link to http://www.mydomain.com/forums/http://www.myspace.com instead of just http://www.myspace.com . How do I prevent the board from adding the directory prefix to the links?

2. For the "Allow Users to Upload Avatar feature, where do I place my storage directory?
My UBB forums directory is /forums, so do I create a sub folder in there (and if so, what permissions do I set it to?). Also, I'll appreciate it if you'll please give me a sample of what the two UBB avatar upload fields fill-in text should look like for the "avatar upload storage directory" and "full URL to avatar upload storage directory" for the fill-in boxes.

I appreciate your help.

Here's my custom island "list of links" code that's not working:

/* PHP CODE HERE, IF NECESSARY */

/* DO NOT CHANGE THE LINE BELOW */
$body = <<<EOF
<a href="http//www.wheelchairjunkie.com/whatsnew.html">Weekly What's New Page</a><br/>
<a href="http//www.wheelchairjunkie.com/page2.html">Article Index</a><br/>
<a href="http//wheelchairjunkie.wordpress.com">Powerchair Diaries Blog</a><br/>
<a href="http//www.myspace.com/wheelchairjunkie">WJC on MySpsce</a>
EOF;
/* DO NOT CHANGE THE LINE ABOVE */

Thank you.

You forgot the colon...

http// should be http://

yeppers, that should do it

good catch, driv-UNiT

also, you should use php tags and make it more 'geek friendly'

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