URLs are automatically being made click-able

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  ismailimail · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:01 pm

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  Recently noticed that you no longer need to HREF (link) the URLs in the Editor. They are click-able by default when you paste them as is.

  Is it possible to disable this feature?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:03 pm

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  Why?

  What’s the point of a dead URL?

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  ismailimail · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:06 pm

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  There are times when you don’t want the active URL, otherwise, in general I agree that it is a useful and much-needed feature.

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  justpi · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:37 pm

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  To disable it you need to replace one of the characters with the corresponding HTML entity, for instance replace the colon with this (minus the spaces):
  & # 0 5 8 ;

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  ismailimail · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:44 pm

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  Do I replace the colon in the enclosed href link or the one outside of it? Could you please elaborate with an example? Thank you.

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  notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:54 pm

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  Inside, after the http

  http(code)//

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  ismailimail · Member · Jan 22, 2013 at 6:56 pm

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  Please ignore the comment above. It worked. Thanks (there is no href in plain URL).