Are Embedded Links Working Now? [UPDATE]

"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro) 01/30/2017 at 13:24 • Filed to: kinja help, kinja'd

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UPDATE: I received another message from Steve, who tells me that they have made some changes. Let’s look for interesting things to post to Oppo and try it out! Test embed below:

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

(EDIT: Nope, I guess not. It’s not showing up for me.)

(EDIT 2: Wait, there it is again. Eh, it’s not fixed yet after all.)

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

[Original post below:]

Hey all, I’m sure you’ve noticed some links not displaying over the past few weeks. I’m in the middle of a conversation with Steve at Kinja, and in trying to give him some information on what might be triggering it, I can’t seem to get it to act up anymore. Is it fixed?

Just to clarify, I’m referring to embedded links only, the kind that display as a standalone box, often with a preview image. Kinja automatically embeds a link when a web address is entered into the text body. Like so:

!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

I’m not sure if going back into the post editor was giving it the “kick” it needed to display the box, or what, so I played around with a few drafts. Here’s what I found:

First I tried composing a post and then just giving Kinja time to digest it while it sat in the drafts folder. After letting it sit overnight, the link still failed to display, so I tried refreshing the page multiple times. But that didn’t help either.

If I went back in and try to edit the post, the link immediately became visible, and stayed visible after I closed the post editor. Upon refreshing the page, the link was still embedded just like it should be.

But now, when I compose a post, the embed is working perfectly the first time, without a need to go back into the post editor. How about you?

(Of course, you can’t test this in the comments. So I guess this is a good excuse to visit your local Craigslist or news sites for interesting things to post to Oppo.)

A previous version of this post got posted, and I received some replies during an editing session to add more details. Sorry but I had to delete that post. Let’s start over again.

Bandit - destroyed his car > Urambo Tauro 01/19/2017 at 11:53

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Another interesting bug across all of ex-Gawker is on iOS the top tag (if there are multiple tags) is unclickable. So if I was on my iPhone I couldn’t link to your tag “kinja help” but I could click on the “kinja’d” tag.

Urambo Tauro > Bandit - destroyed his car 01/19/2017 at 11:56

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Y’know, that’s not limited to iOS. I get that on Win10, too. But it’s such a minor bug that I keep forgetting to report it. Oddly, I can still open the link in a new tab (or window).

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro 01/19/2017 at 12:16

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The biggest problem I have on a regular basis is the page alignment being messed up like this:

I keep having to refresh to get the normal view so that buttons and links will work like they’re supposed to:

for Michigan > Bandit - destroyed his car 01/19/2017 at 12:19

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Same on Chrome in Android. If I long-press the tag and choose “Open in New Tab” I can access it, though.

Urambo Tauro > Chariotoflove 01/19/2017 at 12:30

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Oh, that’s a weird one. I hadn’t seen that yet. Send them an e-mail with the pertinent information and hopefully the team’ll get on it.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Urambo Tauro 01/19/2017 at 12:31

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I have the problem with embedded YouTube videos. When I inserted a link in a post the embedded video would show up but from one day to the other it stopped working and just showed a link.

Test:

https://youtu.be/5nS6fGfXLxI

Chariotoflove > Urambo Tauro 01/19/2017 at 12:36

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Yeah, I should do that.

Urambo Tauro > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 01/19/2017 at 12:41

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Hm, I can embed YouTube videos whether the address is “https://youtu.be/5nS6fGfXLxI” or “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nS6fGfXLxI” (in fact I had to be very careful to keep those from automatically embedding just now). You should shoot them an e-mail on the topic and don’t forget to include the pertinent device/OS info.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Chariotoflove 01/19/2017 at 12:54

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I get that all the time too. It’s roughly 50/50 whether a page will open correctly, or with the ReplyFlagged stuff all hanging out, flopping in the wind.

Chariotoflove > JRapp: now as good as new again 01/19/2017 at 13:06

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Yes! So it’s not just me. And it’s only really come in in the last 6 months or so that I can recall. Definitely over the last year.

JRapp: now as good as new again > Chariotoflove 01/19/2017 at 14:43

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Not just you.