Instructions on how to post a URL with text instead of the full URL as a sticky would be nice. I am always forgetting how.
Or maybe add it to the FAQ?
Posting a URL using text
- tanstaafl2
- Posts: 3494
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:45 pm
- Location: I dunno. Let me check Google maps.
Posting a URL using text
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
- thguy65
- Posts: 991
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 5:40 pm
Re: Posting a URL using text
Inside the first square-bracketed "url" add "=http://etc", close the square bracket, type in the text you want to have displayed instead, then use the second square-bracketed "/url" as usual.tanstaafl2 wrote:Instructions on how to post a URL with text instead of the full URL as a sticky would be nice. I am always forgetting how.
Or maybe add it to the FAQ?
Tim H.
- My other computer is![Image](http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1245894148/IBM_Watson_Avatar_normal.jpg)
- My other computer is
![Image](http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1245894148/IBM_Watson_Avatar_normal.jpg)
- VAdame
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:42 am
- Location: da 'Burgh!
I tried it that way with Hamilton Jordan's obit -- didnt' work
Trying again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... ordan Obit
ETA: Nope.
Again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... ordan Obit
ETA: I dunno....do you need the "=" sign?
=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap ... ordan Obit
ETA: Apparently that's not it either. Can anyone clarify?
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Trying again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... ordan Obit
ETA: Nope.
Again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... ordan Obit
ETA: I dunno....do you need the "=" sign?
=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap ... ordan Obit
ETA: Apparently that's not it either. Can anyone clarify?
- tanstaafl2
- Posts: 3494
- Joined: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:45 pm
- Location: I dunno. Let me check Google maps.
Like this:VAdame wrote:I tried it that way with Hamilton Jordan's obit -- didnt' work![]()
Trying again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... ordan Obit
ETA: Nope.
Again:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... ordan Obit
ETA: I dunno....do you need the "=" sign?
=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap ... ordan Obit
ETA: Apparently that's not it either. Can anyone clarify?
Jordan Obit
Instead of what you put:
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080521/ap_ ... bit_jordan]Jordan Obit[/url]
Take that bracket that is bolded after the first "url" and make it an equals sign, "=" and it should work.
If you quote my reply it will show you the change I made.
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
~Mark Twain
Some people are like a Slinky. They are not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs...
~tanstaafl2
Nullum Gratuitum Prandium
Ne Illegitimi Carborundum
Cumann na gClann Uí Thighearnaigh
- VAdame
- Posts: 1877
- Joined: Wed Oct 10, 2007 11:42 am
- Location: da 'Burgh!
Thanks Tan!
Practicing:
Jordan Obit
OK, that worked.
*Some* boreds open up a little window for URLs where you paste the link and then type in the text. But this works too!
Practicing:
Jordan Obit
OK, that worked.
*Some* boreds open up a little window for URLs where you paste the link and then type in the text. But this works too!