[url=www.example.com][/url]

[url=http://www.example.com][/url]

[url=ffsf.aaron-kelley.net/download_8.html][/url]

[url=http://ffsf.aaron-kelley.net/download_8.html][/url]

It seems for some URI you need to include http(s):.
For a "www" the board will do it automatically.

[code]
[url=www.example.com][/url]
[/code]

(Automatically) changes to:
[code]
[url=http://www.example.com][/url]
[/code]

[code]
[url=ffsf.aaron-kelley.net/download_8.html][/url]
[/code]

Is broken.

[code]
[url=http://ffsf.aaron-kelley.net/download_8.html][/url]
[/code]

Works.

Tested and it works for me. I'm guessing the "other websites" were all HTTPS. Try safe mode. Sounds like an extension is interfering with the code that correctly copies HTTP URLs.

Alternatively you can set this to false: browser.urlbar.trimURLs

[quote="SeahawksXLVIII"] so I didn't think that website had one[/quote]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website

for some reason the http:// does not copy with that website in Firefox. whilst other websites it does so I didn't think that website had one

It works if you have http://

they were working a few days ago but now they just aren't working on Mozillazine anymore. as you can see here: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2977811 the url didn't become a link in that post. it is formatted the same way as it was when I used them before but now it is being stubborn