Tagging bug?

That underlining is actually a cross referencing system for specific keywords in use on the forum.

A list of some 100 useful keywords get highlighted, and direct linked to a search for more topics containing the same word. It appears by default for guests. Members have the ability to turn it on or off in the User CP > Edit Options > under Thread Display Options...



If you have that box unchecked, they won't show while you are logged in. You will see them when browsing as guest though.

The searches have been specially tailored to provide the most useful results possible for each keyword. It attempts to exclude less useful threads, like many of the monster long threads which probably contain most every word in the English language.

Since we never enabled the "similiar threads" or "tag cloud" features, this function is used to provide that kind of functionality.

The list of keywords being tagged/highlighted is here:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/tags.php

 

I wrote the application for this in early January and turn it on for guests at the end of that month. It's been on almost a month now.

For those wondering about this, try reading this next sentence while either logged out or with that User CP option checked.

A hacker may brute force your passwords, or install a rootkit or keylogger to exploit your sandbox, inspite of your security suite or virtualization app. Better use a strong passphrase, protect your BIOS and read what Brian Krebs writes about ransomware.

 

Yeah, I was waiting for people to notice... Dermot7 wins the prize for starting a thread on it.

I did this to get a good cross reference system in place. Almost every forum has one, like the types I mentioned above. But this is a little different. I selected each word individually. For the "privacy" folks, we have words like: anonymous, Bitcoin, surveillance, and whistleblower. For the folks down in backups and disk mgmt, we have alignment, chkdsk, GPT, MFT, UEFI, and SSD. For the crypto folks, we have cryptographic, ... well, you get the idea. And each search term was customized for their results.

You will likely never see a normal post like the one I made above with 13 keywords tagged. I had to reach in order to make that post. But, if you are browsing for ISO disk mgmt and you happen upon WinPE, you might like the search results.

 

The flag only effects when you are signed into your forum account. When logged out, you will always see the tags. The flag doesn't change that.