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Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: poor_nigel on April 25, 2011, 04:15:04 PM

I did a minute amount of reading on hyper links, and tried out a couple of examples, but they do not work here.  I looked in the FAQs but did not find anything, and did a search looking for posts on it, but found nothing.  Would someone please list the correct format for posting an embedded link in text here.  Thank you.

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: David Houck on April 25, 2011, 04:55:05 PM

At the bottom of the page, click on Help/Instructions, then click on Formatting.  The section on hyperlinks is about 2/3's of the way down, here (http://alembic.com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/discus.cgi?pg=formatting#links).
 
The basic thing is:  `link{URL, text description}
 
I like to put mine in bold, so I add the code for that as well:  `b{`link{url,description}}
 
Thus, Alembic's web site (http://alembic.com/) is `link{http://alembic.com/,Alembic's web site} and Alembic's web site (http://alembic.com/) is `b{`link{http://alembic.com/,Alembic's web site}}.

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: pauldo on April 25, 2011, 06:50:56 PM

I always like the new 'window' format which uses newurl at the beginning - I tried to copy the whole string but cannot make it appear properly like Master Dave.
 
Anyhow when you click on the link it opens a new window so that if one chooses they can listen to a COOL JAM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQKJjXO1A8 target=_blank) while still perusing the Alembic site!

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: artswork99 on April 25, 2011, 06:55:21 PM

I like using `newurl  when going off site but `link while staying here.  This way not too many browser windows opened which tend to be memory hogs.

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: David Houck on April 25, 2011, 07:35:04 PM

`newurl{http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBQKJjXO1A8,COOL JAM}

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: poor_nigel on April 25, 2011, 10:48:46 PM

Hey thanks guys.  I am quite obtuse and never even noticed the neat stuff listed on the tabs at the bottom of page.  That was much easier to do than I thought it would be, plus now when someone does a search on 'hyper,' it will bring up at least one hit and all the help they need on it.  Thanks for the examples, Dave.  That is usually all I need to start exploring stuff.  I could learn to like this stuff.  Where is the spell checker tab???  Naw, then it would be just too easy!

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: David Houck on April 26, 2011, 02:18:57 PM

Your welcome Thomas!

Title: Creating Hyper Links on Posts Here
Post by: lbpesq on April 26, 2011, 06:31:50 PM

OMG, all this time spent on this site and I never noticed this either!  I always wondered how people posted [color=0000ff]in different colors[/color], in bold letters, and included those funny little guys.!!!!!  Now I know the secret. This is soooo cool!
 
Bill, tgo