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Title: How to make links into words
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 22 November 2013, 11:41:51 PM

Not the best title but I would like to know how to make a long web link appear to be just a word on the viewed page.

People do it on here quite often and I need something similar for my Mars thread.

cheers

James

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Gibby on 23 November 2013, 12:16:38 AM

I believe the code for it is (and I have to lay it out like this due to coding on here)

[
url=insertwebaddresshere
]
name your url
[
/
url
]

Just do all that all in one line :)

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Gibby on 23 November 2013, 12:20:15 AM

And it should work like this (http://www.google.co.uk)

Optional but useful technique is to stick the name of the url in Italics as I have, so a link stands out amidst other text.

EDIT: As a matter of fact, if you quote this post it will display the link in the correctly laid out code, making my first reply redundant  ::)

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Braz on 23 November 2013, 12:46:32 AM

Just use this code inside the < >
a href="http://www.yourlinkhere.com/">The word you want displayed here</a
Example:
The word you want displayed here (http://www.yourlinkhere.com/)

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Grimmnar on 23 November 2013, 06:16:41 AM

Quote from: jimbibbly on 22 November 2013, 11:41:51 PM

Not the best title but I would like to know how to make a long web link appear to be just a word on the viewed page.

People do it on here quite often and I need something similar for my Mars thread.

cheers

James

Howdy James,

Funny thing about this is that Westfalia Chris has been helping me with this exact issue these last two days. His first explanation just made my eyes gloss over. :-)
Here is a second go at explaining it to me which i think is spot on on how to do it. A bit of a modified post. Have a look. Thank Chris if it works for you.

Grimm

Quote from: Westfalia Chris on 22 November 2013, 08:38:09 AM

Yes, use the globe/URL button.

I would suggest the following approach:

1. Press the URL button.

Code: [Select]

[url][/url]
2. Manually add a = into the opening URL tag.

Code: [Select]

[url=][/url]
3. Insert your hyperlink between the = and the closing bracket of the opening URL tag.

Code: [Select]

[url=http://leadadventureforum.com][/url]
4. Type your descriptive text between the opening URL tag and the closing URL tag.

Code: [Select]

[url=http://leadadventureforum.com]Lead Adventure Forum[/url]
5. Select/highlight the descriptive descriptive text and add underlining tags.

Code: [Select]

[url=http://leadadventureforum.com][u]Lead Adventure Forum[/u][/url]
6. Finished!

Lead Adventure Forum (http://leadadventureforum.com)

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Elk101 on 23 November 2013, 06:36:28 AM

This is really useful as I've wanted to know how to do this too. I'm replying so I can find it again! Thank you guys  :)

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: OSHIROmodels on 23 November 2013, 09:02:29 AM

I'll echo Steve and say many thanks chaps  :)

Off now to sort out 50+ links  ::) lol

cheers

James

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Mason on 23 November 2013, 12:38:32 PM

Quote from: Elk101 on 23 November 2013, 06:36:28 AM

This is really useful as I've wanted to know how to do this too. I'm replying so I can find it again! Thank you guys  :)

I am doing the same, as I have just done it am bound to forget.
 ::)

There's a surprise!

Many thanks for the instructions.
 :D

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Hammers on 23 November 2013, 05:04:36 PM

I usually do it like this

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[url=http://www.somewverypertinentlinkIhaveedited.com][color=blue][u]Pertinent Link[/u][/color][/url]
...i.e. like what several others have already said with the addition of the colour-tag=blue since it is the chosen hotlink indicator since time immemorial.

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Thargor on 25 November 2013, 12:20:39 PM

Always wondered how people do this... now I know.  Thanks.

Title: Re: How to make links into words
Post by: Westfalia Chris on 25 November 2013, 01:10:14 PM

As the topic has essentially run its course, I'll close it.

I would like to point out, though, that (also prompted by this topic) I wrote up an explanatory topic on the tag functions and their use:

Using Tag Functions for Post Formatting (http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=60570.0)