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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: georgie_boy on July 27, 2006, 07:45:40 AM

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: georgie_boy on July 27, 2006, 07:45:40 AM

i SEE OFTEN THAT SO MANY PEOPLE POST LINKS TO WEB SITES THAT ARE EITHER SHORT ADDRESSES OR INCREDIBLY LONG ADDRESSES. cOULD ANYONE TAKE THE TIME TO TELL ME IN SIMPLE d'OH HOMER SIMPSON TERMS HOW TO DO THIS????????
I KNOW IT'S SIMPLE, BUT THERE AGAIN, SO AM I
ANY HELP APPRECIATED
 
G

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: bob on July 27, 2006, 08:00:06 AM

Go to Swap Shop and Wish Lists/Seen on eBay and Other Sites, and there is a handy little reminder at the top of the page.

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: olieoliver on July 27, 2006, 08:06:08 AM

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: FC Bass on July 27, 2006, 08:09:15 AM

Look here: http://alembic.com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/discus.cgi?pg=formatting#other (http://alembic.com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/discus.cgi?pg=formatting#other)
if you type: ` newurl {http:/ /alembic. com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/discus.cgi?pg=formatting#other,click here} without the spaces it appears like: click here (http://alembic.com/cgi-bin/alembic-club/discus.cgi?pg=formatting#other target=_blank)
Since this has nothing to do with Alembic basses and guitars I started a new thread in miscellaneous: please click here (http://alembic.com/club/messages/449/30221.html?115401442)
-LOL-
You get the idea? It's a kind of magic! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjSsgsQ6qGI&search=a%20kind%20of%20magic target=_blank)
Cheers!
F.C.
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on July 27, 2006)

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: spliffy on July 27, 2006, 01:15:56 PM

Great question. Although completely off topic, it is cool and useful thing to know.
thanks all for showing us how.
 
 
Al

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: longhorncat on July 27, 2006, 02:57:48 PM

You can also use these guys to shrink the url: Tinyurl.com (http://tinyurl.com/ target=_blank)

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: FC Bass on July 27, 2006, 03:07:11 PM

Great site!
Thanx!

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: David Houck on July 27, 2006, 04:36:26 PM

Also, at the bottom of this page you can click where it says Help/Instructions.
 
Here's what I do:
 
`  link  {  http://cnn.com (http://cnn.com)  ,  CNN  }
 
removed the spaces and it looks like this:
 
CNN (http://cnn.com)
 
Then I like to make it Bold so I do this:
 
` b { ` link { http://cnn.com (http://cnn.com) , CNN } }
 
remove the spaces and it looks like this:
 
CNN (http://cnn.com)

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: FC Bass on July 28, 2006, 12:44:12 AM

Also note the difference  between ` link { and ` newurl {
Both give you a link with specified title,
` link { will open the link in the same window
` newurl { will open the link in a new window

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: georgie_boy on July 28, 2006, 12:51:50 AM

Thanks for all the help guys!
I suppose with a bit of practice then even I should get the hang of this.
Sorry for posting in the wrong place!!
 
G

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: FC Bass on July 28, 2006, 01:40:25 AM

Double post, sorry!
Cheers!
F.C.
 
(Message edited by fc_spoiler on July 28, 2006)

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: FC Bass on July 28, 2006, 01:41:15 AM

Also completely off topic:
I've edited my profile and now there's a (FBT): between the Additional Personal Information
I can't seem to remove it since it don't appear in the Profile Editor
Can anybody tell me how to remove it?
Cheers!
F.C.

Title: EVEN SILLIER QUESTION!
Post by: FC Bass on July 28, 2006, 03:56:03 AM

Solved! It was the end of the sentence... the sentence was too long to fit on one line in the table so it jumped to the next line. Should have looked better...sorry
Cheers!
F.C.