I'm HTML challenged. If the links don't auto format, I can never remember the command to make them into a click-able link. However, you seem able to do that. Do you have the ability to have two windows open & jump from one to the other?
Looks like we're going to end up with a set of flagship links on each topic, which I think will really facilitate things. Post #27 is a model that looks very user friendly.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1697625/posts?page=27#27
The goal is eventually to cull the threads for links and sort them into their proper place. I'm sure we're talking a few thousand. Still working on the best way to go about that.