Can some clever person please explain the process for inserting a link into a forum post?

It's a bit of a pain to have to copy and paste a URL.

I am sure it's been talked about before but I can't seem to find it.

Thanks.

I'm not that clever, but was able to find this sometime back buried in the middle of another thread.

{a href="http://yourrul.com"}This is the link that the reader sees{/a}

Now substitute < for { and > for } and it will work. You'll also need to be careful about the length of the url. Not exactly sure what the limit is but if your link doesn't work you can always try tinyurl.com.

At some point BPL will get modern forum software and we won't have to do this anymore.

Thanks Nia, I'll give it a crack.

Sounds pretty clever to me!

{a href="http://yourrul.com"}This is the link that the reader sees{/a}

Now substitute < for { and > for } and it will work.
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Also stick:
target="_blank"
with a space in front, directly after the last quote mark in the url and it will open in a new window.

Posted in Test, as that's a good place to, ah TEST,...

In the following, replace http://URL with the link,
and TARGET STRING with something meaningful.
(The quotes Are required.)




Like, http://www.backpackinglight.com
and for TARGET STRING ------- Go Here

Edited by greg23 on 09/15/2010 14:37:57 MDT.

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Edited by lushy on 03/27/2009 16:14:56 MDT.

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Edited by lushy on 03/27/2009 16:20:51 MDT.

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Edited by lushy on 04/02/2009 15:35:15 MDT.

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Edited by lushy on 06/06/2010 00:09:11 MDT.

again a request for a button that does this easily:

Just like the 'insert image at cursor' button, on the 'posting a message' page, there should be an 'insert link at cursor' button.

This is the link that the reader sees

Edited by ngatel on 02/25/2010 20:53:57 MST.

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Edited by lushy on 06/05/2010 22:12:55 MDT.

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Edited by jollygreen on 06/06/2010 00:04:25 MDT.

hoody

Gearlist

Edited by roguenode on 09/15/2010 12:48:26 MDT.

Nia,

I had a long url that would set up as a hot link. I went to tinyurl like you suggested and it it worked fine.

Great tip.

Daryl

backpack

Edited by amknapp4 on 04/12/2011 19:06:51 MDT.

http://gallery.me.com/mkloomis#100597

http://gallery.me.com/mkloomis#100573

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Edited by mtwarden on 09/22/2011 20:27:56 MDT.

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Edited by bster13 on 12/18/2011 20:39:38 MST.