 How To Insert A Link In A Post, and have it say, what you want |
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 Jul 1 2007, 11:05 AM
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 Can't decide what to use, so I won't use anything.  Group: Global Moderator Posts: 12,937 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363  |
There are 3 ways to do this: 1. using the toolbar, on the AddReply page 2. using the toolbar on the FastReply box 3. manually Using the toolbar, on the AddReply page: Either at the top, or bottom, of a page, click the AddReply button. When your on the Reply page, on the toolbar, click the Insert Link icon.  This window will open.  Type, or Paste in, the URL of the site you want to link to, and click the OK button.  That will open this window.  Replace "Visit My Website", with what you want the link to say, then click the OK button.  The example used here will be displayed in the reply window, like this: CODE [url=http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html]Avast Anti-virus[/url] When you post your message, it will look like this: Avast Anti-virus Using the toolbar on the FastReply box: At the bottom of a page, click the FastReply button. On the toolbar, click the Insert Link icon.  This window will open. Type, or Paste in, the URL of the site you want to link to, and click the OK button. That will open this window. Replace "Visit My Website", with what you want the link to say, then click the OK button. The example used here will be displayed in the reply window, like this: CODE [url=http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html]Avast Anti-virus[/url] When you post your message, it will look like this: Avast Anti-virus Manually: When typing your post, you can manually insert the URL tags. CODE [url=http://THE URL TO YOUR LINK]WHAT YOU WANT THE LINK TO SAY[/url] So, if I were to use the same example, as above. CODE [url=http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html]Avast Anti-virus[/url] When the post it made, it would look like this. Avast Anti-virus If you want to practice posting links, go to the Tests and Scribbles forum, and play around. That's what it's there for, and if anyone sees you having troubles, they'll try to help you out. This post has been edited by jgweed: Mar 2 2008, 09:12 AM
Reason for edit: obtain BBC code copy. jgw
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