Putting links in posts

[Pumpkin]

Quick question for the more computer-literate amongst you...

Is there an easy way to put a link to another post/thread/wiki item so that it just says "here" (or something else that's relevant) rather than just copying and pasting the full URL?

 

[Obsessed]

Quick question for the more computer-literate amongst you...

Is there an easy way to put a link to another post/thread/wiki item so that it just says "here" (or something else that's relevant) rather than just copying and pasting the full URL?

Look Here

 

[Pumpkin]

I'm okay with copying and pasting so I get http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125369

But it's the replacing with text bit I'm stuck on....the link to doesnotcompute's guide doesn't work

 

[Obsessed]

I'm okay with copying and pasting so I get http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125369

But it's the replacing with text bit I'm stuck on....the link to doesnotcompute's guide doesn't work

You should get something like this (I've removed brackets at the beginning and end so it doesn't actually perform its function):

URL="http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125369"]http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125369[/URL

See how the URL is repeated? Replace the second instance of it with whatever word(s) you want to appear in the link.

 

[jkh]

M'kay, when you click the link button you can enter the URL and the following is pasted into your message:

[URL="http://www.google.com"]http://www.google.com[/URL]

which ends up looking like this:
http://www.google.com

You have to replace the text between the URL tags (which default to the full URL).

[URL="http://www.google.com"]REPLACE ME![/URL]

replace result:
REPLACE ME!

 

[ericesque]

jkh beat me to posting an almost identical tut-- down to using www.google.com as the example url!

Nice work jkh!

 

[jkh]

One additional note for ease of use - when the URL tags and URL is entered into your message the text that you want to replace is automatically highlighted, so if you just start typing the text is replaced with what you type.

 

[Pumpkin]

So I should get THIS



Thanks very much guys! I was going wrong by just copying and pasting without using the link button in the toolbar.

 

[Pumpkin]

Makes things look a lot neater.

 

[jkh]

So I should get THIS



Thanks very much guys! I was going wrong by just copying and pasting without using the link button in the toolbar.

your link is broken! don't thank us just yet. (you have two http://)

 

[Pumpkin]

your link is broken! don't thank us just yet. (you have two http://)

Fixed it....got confused with all the cutting and pasting

 

[doesnotcompute]

I'm okay with copying and pasting so I get http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php?t=125369

But it's the replacing with text bit I'm stuck on....the link to doesnotcompute's guide doesn't work

I wish you'd have let me know. Anyhow, it's back now.

 

[Pumpkin]

I wish you'd have let me know. Anyhow, it's back now.

Sorry for not letting you know straight away...got distracted with some other stuff. Nice handy guide...the screen-shots are very useful.