putting in a bad URL, how do we handle this with preview?

[danxshap]

try http://www.nba.ocm (yes, ocm and not com)

[hv23]

maybe we can do a regex that validates it is a valid url on the add/edit course form? what do you think about that as a solution.

[danxshap]

would have to take into account every domain suffix in the regex...also what if it's a dead link? does the JS plugin provide some way to handle that?

[hv23]

hm, no, the JS plugin doesn't do that.

the django form already checks if it's a "valid" url (http prefix) but doesn't do suffix matching. don't think there's anything we can do about dead links/broken links. think we will have to rely on users just downvoting something enough to remove a link - post-MVP solution imo.