# About:

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [June 19, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566 "2003-06-19T16:55:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 14\
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**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/1 "2003-06-19T16:55:05Z")

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about:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/2 "2003-06-19T17:30:07Z")

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???

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/3 "2003-06-19T18:08:05Z")

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its a test 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/4 "2003-06-19T18:11:44Z")

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about:(")

about:

about:

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/5 "2003-06-19T18:12:35Z")

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about:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/6 "2003-06-19T18:12:53Z")

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> \*Originally posted by senocular \*  
> \*\*about:(")

about:

about: \*\*

about:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/7 "2003-06-19T18:13:37Z")

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conclusions:

when you have a URL in your post, “about:” becomes “vbscript :”

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/8 "2003-06-19T18:56:38Z")

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weird  
why, and how on earth did you even suspect such a behavior?

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/9 "2003-06-19T19:00:12Z")

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And javascript: becomes about:

It’s a weird bug, but you can counteract it by breaking it apart via vbCode (example [**I][**/I] )

So javascript would become java[i\*\*][\*\*/i]script

It breaks up the string so regExp can’t find and replace it. I already brought this issue up to Kirupa a while ago. It appears to have happened when he integrated the Actionscript vbCode tags.

[edit]oh, and I think it only happens when you use other vbCode tags in the post[/edit]

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/10 "2003-06-19T19:01:12Z")

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it just comes up once in a while.

I noticed that as well a while back…

doesn’t come up very often tho…

Rev ![](http://www.aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/11 "2003-06-19T19:02:21Z")

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Without vbCode tags in post…

about:

javascript:

vbscript:

edit: works fine 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/12 "2003-06-19T19:02:58Z")

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With vbCode Italics tags in post…

\*\*

about:

javascript:

vbscript:

edit: changes… so yep, my theory was correct 😉

edit2: wait… about turned into nothing, javascript turned into vbscript, and vbscript turned into about… now THAT is weird…lol. Either way my theory was correct, just not correct in what it changes into 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/13 "2003-06-19T19:27:00Z")

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lol its crazy

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**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/about/23566/14 "2003-06-19T19:30:29Z")

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Crazy like a chicken! :crazy:
