Computer Type Question

[Bush Tucker Man]

Now I hope I'm not missing something glaringly obvious, but.......

How do you(I) add a link onto a posting in the manner that quite a lot of you do who aren't 'Techno-phobic Luddites' like me.

I mean the ones that read along the lines of;

'Heres' a picture of a nice looking Landie that i saw the other day'

How do I join in? :lol:

[gords]

There is a row of buttons above the window where you type posts - the last one says URL. Click it when you want to enter a web address, copy and paste - or type the web address in (like http://www.mud-club.com) and click URL again :)

In fact, typing a fully formed URL like I did above, means it will get transformed into a clickable link anyway, without the .URL bit.

If you want to hide the link and have your own text linked like the Mud Club!, you need to type [ then url= then the full URL then ] then your text and finally [ and /url and ]

(I've typed it out like that because you would just see a link otherwise

[SteveH]

Glad some one has asked that and had it explained ;) cheers for a clear answer gords, shortened down my sig a bit..

[Bush Tucker Man]

Yes I am a Luddite, it don't work for me :)

[SteveH]

you dont have any spaces in it, just a string of text

[Andy the Landy]

There is a row of buttons above the window where you type posts - the last one says URL. Click it when you want to enter a web address, copy and paste - or type the web address in (like http://www.mud-club.com) and click URL again :)

In fact, typing a fully formed URL like I did above, means it will get transformed into a clickable link anyway, without the .URL bit.

If you want to hide the link and have your own text linked like the Mud Club!, you need to type [ then url= then the full URL then ] then your text and finally [ and /url and ]

(I've typed it out like that because you would just see a link otherwise

 ](*,) Me doono understandee, heeeeeeeeeeeelllp. tryin to shorten my signature link :-k

[muddyweb]

My Profile


Something like that should work ^^

[gords]

Andy, copy this into your sig:

Andy's Landy

to give you a link that says "Andy's Landy" and points to your gallery :)

[Bush Tucker Man]

Okay lets try again after you're all being so helpful
New photos on my'WebShots'

[Bush Tucker Man]

Well, 'whoop-dee-do!!!', 'b-u-g-ger me!', 'Tip-Top!' & all those quaint expressions :)

It's s bit long winded though, rather than 'copying & pasting'

Mmm, I wonder if I can get away with Big White Sheds On Wheels.com ]  

[Bush Tucker Man]

Damn tricky stuff for us Luddites

[Andy the Landy]

Andy, copy this into your sig:

Andy's Landy

to give you a link that says "Andy's Landy" and points to your gallery :)

 :D   Cheers Gordon
P.S. Thats a VERY tight gate :!:

[gords]

Well, 'whoop-dee-do!!!', 'b-u-g-ger me!', 'Tip-Top!' & all those quaint expressions :)

It's s bit long winded though, rather than 'copying & pasting'

You soon get used to it

It's not too bad - open a new window (CTRL-N if you use Windows & IE), go to the place you want to make a link to and copy the address (including the http bit).

Now you just need to type then paste in the URL (CTRL-V) and finish it off with ]my link text   ...  easy peasy :)

Have you seen the help page for BBCode? There's a link to it under the Options section, just below/left of where you type new messages.