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General => Forum News => Topic started by: MountainDon on March 05, 2011, 08:00:37 PM

Title: Tricks With Links Within Messages
Post by: MountainDon on March 05, 2011, 08:00:37 PM
Rather than insert links to other webpages in the normal manner, where the link appears something like this...

http://www.countryplans.com (http://www.countryplans.com)

the url can be hidden under some regular text. The link appears something like this...

This is a link to somewhere else (http://www.countryplans.com/)


It is easy to do once the method is learned.

Start by typing in the test to be used as the link...

(https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/djmbucket/tutorial/01.jpg)

Then highlight the text that is to be used as the link...

(https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/djmbucket/tutorial/02highlight.jpg)

With the text highlighted, click on the insert url globe...

(https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/djmbucket/tutorial/03inserturltags.jpg)

Open a new tab or window with the page you want to link to. Highlight and copy the address for that page. Right click and copy works well for me)...

(https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/djmbucket/tutorial/05openpagetolinkto.jpg)

Return to the message. Place the cursor just after the "l" in the first url tag...
 [url
... and press the "=" key to insert an equals sign...

(https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/djmbucket/tutorial/04insert.jpg)

Paste the url for the link just after the = sign, but before the closing tag bracket. I find is easiest to perform the paste by using the keyboard; press and hold the "Ctrl" key while pressing the "V" key.
It should look like this...

(https://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q305/djmbucket/tutorial/06pasteurl.jpg)

Complete the message and post it as usual. You can use this thread to practice if you want.

In a similar manner you can use a photo url as the anchor in place of using text. Then clicking on the image will open the link.
Title: Re: Tricks With Links Within Messages
Post by: glenn kangiser on March 06, 2011, 03:37:29 AM
Simple as pie, eh.  :)