07-18-2014, 10:55 PM
I'm not unappreciative of the idea but it won't work for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, how do you intend to update this web address? The obvious solution seems to be a profile field on the forum side but there's a problem there - submitter names are not tied to user accounts. This is how it's always been and trying to change it for the new system wouldn't really have been possible. Sure, I'm now logging the user ID of the person who submits a sheet but it's still not tied to the displayed submitter in any way. As it stands, no one "owns" a submitter name. I could, for instance, submit a sheet as Drshnaps right now. I wouldn't, because there's no reason to, but that disconnect makes it impossible to link any user-editable field with a submitter name (i.e. why we don't auto-link your resource profile pages to your forum profile).
Now, with that out of the way, there's also the issue of necessity. Generally, domains don't change frequently enough to justify the creation of a feature that won't even entirely solve the problem. I feel like the far simpler solution would be to simply redirect your old domain to your new one, which you can then update from a single location and ensure that everyone who finds your sheets can also find your site. This method also deals with the fact that not everyone will see the website link and many will still try to go straight for the site on the sheet.
If you have anything further to add to this, I'm all ears, but as far as I see it now, this isn't something that can happen.
Now, with that out of the way, there's also the issue of necessity. Generally, domains don't change frequently enough to justify the creation of a feature that won't even entirely solve the problem. I feel like the far simpler solution would be to simply redirect your old domain to your new one, which you can then update from a single location and ensure that everyone who finds your sheets can also find your site. This method also deals with the fact that not everyone will see the website link and many will still try to go straight for the site on the sheet.
If you have anything further to add to this, I'm all ears, but as far as I see it now, this isn't something that can happen.