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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 8:06 pm Post subject: Tutorials |
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When you find time? could you post some tutorials on posting a link
Thanks _________________ Roger
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Les Lampman Dealer
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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Roger,
I'm not sure this qualifies as a tutorial but...
When you're typing a message and ready to insert your link look up a bit and click on the URL button and you get the first half [url] of what you need. Then type in your link, then hit the URL button again (you'll notice it has an asterisk next to it) and you get the second half of the deal [/url]. You should end up with something like www.mylink.com which looks like "[url]www. mylink .com[/url]" when you're typing in your message box. I had to put extra spaces in the example or it would have just shown up as a link again. _________________ Les
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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Les-
You mean like this? grand cherokee
I have no trouble copying and posting url's I would just like to link it to a word, like "cherokee" the way we used to do it?
By jove- I think I've got it
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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OK - the posts above will work, but here's how I do it...
There are two ways to insert a link - the "easy" way, and the "pretty" way.
1. The easy way - just type in the full web page address. Cut and paste it from your browser address bar if you want. The next line is an example - all I did was type it in, nothing else - the bulletin board software is smart enough to know it's a web address, and turns it into a link on the fly:
http://www.yahoo.com
2. The pretty way - type away as normal, don't worry about the link just yet. When you are ready to make part of the text you typed a link, highlight it with your mouse, then click the URL button above the edit window. This surrounds the text you typed with a couple of "tags", called BBCode (described below). A common example - you type "Click Here" and want the words to be a link, pointing somewhere. Here's how it would look in your edit window if you highlighted "Click here", then clicked the URL button:
Code: | [url]Click here[/url] to visit Yahoo! |
All those goofy words inside of brackets are called BBCode. BBCode is just a way to tell the bulletin board to do something fancy with what you are typing - in this case, make a link out of it. You'll noticed BBCode always comes in pairs - identical, except the second one has a "/" in it. Everything between the pair of BBCode's is affected.
Still with me? Well, in order to make "Click here" actually point somewhere, we have to modify the BBCode a little. You do this by adding a little text to the first [url] as follows:
Code: | [url=http://www.yahoo.com]Click here[/url] to visit Yahoo! |
All you do, is move your cursor to just past "url", insert an "=", then the web page address. Again, cut and paste comes in handy here, particularly when the web page address is really long.
Sounds tougher than it is - give it a try, no big deal if you screw it up a couple times. That's when the "edit" feature comes in handy... |
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Bill-
I edited my post above and, after 2 or 3 times I got it.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Yes, well, I will be able to do it with this explanation, but have to give the edge to MSN here on the "making it point somewhere" front. I was looking for something like in MSN that would let me pick what it pointed to by navigation in an open dialog or drop down list. So I have to pretty much have visited the link first and done a copy of the address bar, modify the HTML to insert the "=" sign and finally paste the actual URL, that is OK, but is going to leave some folks behind I fear. Probably can't easily be made simpler I suppose...(Not that I am ungrateful for all your efforts here, Bill - you kinow quite the contrary!)
Da Nag wrote: | OK - the posts above will work, but here's how I do it...
Still with me? Well, in order to make "Click here" actually point somewhere, we have to modify the BBCode a little. You do this by adding a little text to the first [url] as follows:
Code: | [url=http://www.yahoo.com]Click here[/url] to visit Yahoo! |
All you do, is move your cursor to just past "url", insert an "=", then the web page address. Again, cut and paste comes in handy here, particularly when the web page address is really long.
Sounds tougher than it is - give it a try, no big deal if you screw it up a couple times. That's when the "edit" feature comes in handy... |
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Da Nag
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Pat Anderson wrote: | Yes, well, I will be able to do it with this explanation, but have to give the edge to MSN here on the "making it point somewhere" front. |
Well dang it, Pat - I'm just one guy, gettin' a lot of help from all the folks writing free software! If you can figure out a way to get me even 5% of Mr. Gate's billions, I'll make this site do anything you want...
$$$ $$$
Seriously, there's always trade-offs when making as radical a change as we did. As much as I bash Microsoft, they do many things right, and yes - linking a word was definitely easier at MSN.
Think of it this way - I'm just doin' my part to turn as many folks into nerds as possible...something you should be happy about, cuz this demographic spends an awful lot of money on your product... |
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:09 pm Post subject: |
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Well said Bill-
We are all very grateful for all the work you have done. While Microsoft has several hundred on their payroll, we have one or two "nerds" with only a love of our boats that are giving freely of their time and knowledge.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Yes, well said, Bill. We all appreciate your efforts. Only thing is: I thought you already got a sizeable percentage of Bill G's money???
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Pat Anderson
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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I hope it was abundantly clear, I am NOT ungrateful! And we do appreciate the patronage from the nerd community!
Da Nag wrote: | Well dang it, Pat - I'm just one guy, gettin' a lot of help from all the folks writing free software! If you can figure out a way to get me even 5% of Mr. Gate's billions, I'll make this site do anything you want...
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Da Nag
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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Don't worry, Pat - just giving you a ribbin'. However, if you feel guilty for some strange reason, you know the way to my heart...
Just to be clear - I am talking about beer. Wouldn't want anyone getting the wrong idea.
Bah - never did learn when to shut up... _________________ Will, C-Brat Nerd |
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 3:22 am Post subject: Nutin to it... |
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I did it lookie here
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Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2003 3:27 am Post subject: awright! |
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TNX for the lessons bill, I am slowly getting away from the nonerds. Yes that's my new word I invented get it .. |
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