How to make links into words

[OSHIROmodels]

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

[Gibby]

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

[Gibby]

And it should work like this

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 

[Braz]

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

[Grimmnar]

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

Yes, use the globe/URL button.

I would suggest the following approach:

1. Press the URL button.

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

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

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

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

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

Lead Adventure Forum

[Elk101]

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 

[OSHIROmodels]

I'll echo Steve and say many thanks chaps 

Off now to sort out 50+ links 

cheers

James

[Mason]

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.
 

[Hammers]

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.

[Thargor]

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

[Westfalia Chris]

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