...but delete the '*' I'm sure that there must be a way to display urls as text
Yes, insert something meaningless like a set of unused colo(u)r tags into part of the URL that the Board software uses to identify an URL (probably the start of the URL, ie the http:// bit).
ht
tp://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?;wap2
ie :
ht[color=blue][/color]tp://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?;wap2Getting back vaguely onto topic, I've done the important first of the morning things, ie pilled the cat, fed the cat, checked YACF.
Time for a coffee, then bath, shave, breakfast, and actually start the day.