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How do you insert a web link in a thread? |
bobhasissues |
Dec 13 2009, 03:46 AM
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seemingly endless issues with my 914 Group: Members Posts: 218 Joined: 13-February 07 From: Chicagoland Member No.: 7,532 Region Association: None |
Just tried to post a couple of links in a reply.
They appear as text and not actual links to the websites. How do you insert a link? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) |
Mark Henry |
Dec 13 2009, 03:56 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
I just copy and paste (From my browser it always works), some make it fancy with a bit of code, I forget how to do that.
here's a test: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=102096 |
jt914-6 |
Dec 13 2009, 06:14 AM
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Driving & working on teeners 41 years Group: Members Posts: 1,786 Joined: 3-May 08 From: Bryant, Arkansas Member No.: 9,003 Region Association: South East States |
Here's what I was taught. Go to the site you want to "copy". Highlight the address, it will be in blue, press control (ctrl) and "C" (copy) at the same time.....then go to where you want to post it and press control and "V" and it should come up. Make sure when you "paste" it that there is a space after the last thing you typed in or on a line by itself. Hope this helps......
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Porsche Rescue |
Dec 13 2009, 09:45 AM
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Saving and Enjoying Old Porsches Group: Members Posts: 2,978 Joined: 31-December 02 From: Bend, Oregon Member No.: 64 Region Association: None |
Ok, now lets get fancy (I do what Mark and jt914 said), but how do you turn the link into a word in the text which serves as a link. Example: people who know more than I about computers tell me to go "here" and when I click on here it is the link.
Someone tell me how to do that please. |
Spoke |
Dec 13 2009, 09:48 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
Go to "Add Reply", not "Fast Reply". Look for the link icon and follow the directions. It's pretty simple.
If you don't know which icon it is, it is the one with the chain "link" as the picture of the icon. Usually hovering over an icon will pop up some text to describe the icon. The link icon has pop up text "Add Link". |
flipb |
Dec 13 2009, 09:54 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,722 Joined: 2-September 09 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 10,752 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Go to the website you want to link to, and copy the URL (web address) starting with http.
When you're typing a reply, type the text string that you want to make into a hyperlink. (You can really type your whole reply and go back to insert the hyperlinks when you're done typing.) Highlight the words that you want to turn into a link. Then click the button that looks like this: You'll get a pop-up window that asks for the Web address. Paste (CTRL+V) the web address that you copied earlier. Click OK. That automatically inserts the HTML tags to make your text into a link. In this example, I want these three words to be my link. |
Gint |
Dec 13 2009, 04:05 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,075 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Ok, now lets get fancy (I do what Mark and jt914 said), but how do you turn the link into a word in the text which serves as a link. Example: people who know more than I about computers tell me to go "here" and when I click on here it is the link. Someone tell me how to do that please. If you preface anything with http:// in a forum reply it will automatically be a link regardless whether it's valid or not. For example: If you just type in www.914world.com, it's not a link as you can see. Even though it is a valid link as is. If you were to copy and paste that into a browser it would take you to the web site. If I type 914world.com it doesn't appear as a link either despite the fact that it is also a legitimate web address. But if I type http://914world.com , it's automatically added as a link in the forum post. Notice I didn't even include the www in that link. Simple yeah? BTW, if you do it this way it will appear as a link in your reply regardless whether you use, "Fast Reply" or not. Also, if you go in and edit your reply afterwards, you will see that the forum software automatically converted your text into the following form (using my example above): CODE [url=http://914world.com]http://914world.com[/url] This post has been edited by Gint: Dec 13 2009, 04:21 PM |
Elliot Cannon |
Dec 13 2009, 09:02 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
OK. Let's see now.
http://woot.com |
Elliot Cannon |
Dec 13 2009, 09:03 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
Hey!! It actually worked. Thanks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif)
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Gint |
Dec 13 2009, 09:21 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,075 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
If Elliot can do it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif) JK El (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif)
Thanks for the reminder. I always forget to check woot. And I've gotten some cool junk from 'em. |
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