+frefel Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Although not a direct geocaching issue it applies to posting to the forums. I've googled this and I can't find a consistent answer since it seems to vary with the format being used. So my question is how to create a link that is short, such as "click" or "here" so as to not have to paste the entire URL to the posting, some of which are extremely long? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment
+Fratt Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) When you do the Reply or Edit do you see the Earth and Paper clip icon above Click on it and it will prompt you for the long URL then a title like Click it Edited January 10, 2008 by Fratt Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 If you are using IE 7 - you need to click the yellowish line at the top of the window to allow scripted windows before you can use the link button described above. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 If you memorize the code, you can create your link from the Fast Reply blank. You use the "brackets" instead of the '<' '>' used in HTML. [ url = URL here]word[ /url ] . . . without the spaces . . . To insert and image, the code is slightly different: [ img ]URL of image[ /img] Quote Link to comment
+frefel Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) Thanks for the replies: Miragee - is this only useful for the Fast Reply catagory? What about other sites' forums, the same thing? I ask because I tried it on a html practice page and it didn't work. Fratt - yup now I see it and that is obviously the easy way to do it. Starbrand - I use Firefox So here is a practice attempt via the 3 methods above: Miragee's - click here Fratt's - click here And the html way - <a href="http://www.wunderground.com">click here</a> For some reason the conventional method is not working but certainly the other 2 do. Looks like I answered my own question re: the Fast Reply. Edited January 10, 2008 by frefel Quote Link to comment
+Lacomo Posted January 11, 2008 Share Posted January 11, 2008 Lots of forums use BB or vB code instead of HTML code. Click Here to learn mpre about it. Quote Link to comment
+the pooks Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If you are using IE 7 - you need to click the yellowish line at the top of the window to allow scripted windows before you can use the link button described above. I could not work out why the "insert link" feature does not work - any finally I find the answer - thanks. Quote Link to comment
+Rattlebars Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 If you are using IE 7 - you need to click the yellowish line at the top of the window to allow scripted windows before you can use the link button described above. I could not work out why the "insert link" feature does not work - any finally I find the answer - thanks. The way I do it is to CTRL/V the hyperlink URL to put it in the computer's clipboard. I then write the post and when I come to the part or word that I want to be the link, I hi-lite it and click the globe/paperclip. I then hit CTRL/V to paste the link in the input box then click OK and Voilà ! It's done. Quote Link to comment
+joeluke Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Although not a direct geocaching issue it applies to posting to the forums. I've googled this and I can't find a consistent answer since it seems to vary with the format being used. So my question is how to create a link that is short, such as "click" or "here" so as to not have to paste the entire URL to the posting, some of which are extremely long? Thanks in advance. i too wondered about that so im am going to try here is one of my cacheshere Quote Link to comment
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