Janna Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 How do I get a link on here? I know how to do the hyperlink (I see that icon on here), but that links the whole address, which can be very long. How do I make the link for the title of something (say the title of the book is in blue, rather than the whole amazon web address)? I knew how to do it on the old board - is it the same way (with the brackets and all that), or is there a faster way to do it on this spiffy new forum? Hoping my question makes sense, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snickerdoodle Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 yes, first highlight the text you want to link (well type it out first). Then click the earthlink icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 The little chain and globe icon is what you want. You copy the url you want to link to, select the text in your post, click the globe and chain icon, and paste the url into the box that pops up. You'll see the long url and the code in your post, but once you Submit Reply, the finished post will just have the underlined, linked text that you selected. Like this: Here's my blog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 I still don't understand. Let's say I want the word "this" shown as a link. Where do I type the web address for whatever "this" is? Do I type "this", highlight it, then click on the earth link and type in the web address? Does that make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 OK, that answers my question just above. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I still don't understand. Let's say I want the word "this" shown as a link. Where do I type the web address for whatever "this" is? Do I type "this", highlight it, then click on the earth link and type in the web address? Does that make sense? Yes, just like that. When you click on the earth link, you should get a pop-up box where you paste in the url. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Testing if I know how to do this: test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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