URL w/Names?

Jerry


The only reliable way I found to do that is by using HTML, the format is basically the same.


< a$href="URL">text to display< /a>


But to type it in and get it work you've got to click the Source button located on the far left of the top tool bar of the editor.


The following is a copy from one of Dwight's posts


 < a$href="URL" >Text< /a >


with no spaces except the "$" between "a" and "href" - the URL must be enclosed within double-quotes.  "Text" is what you will see as underlined, clickable text.


If you go to the full Reply page (not Quick Reply), there is a "Source" button as the first item in the Toolbar.  This allows you to type in the html directly, and is what I've been using for certain things like links and sigs.


< a$href="http://www.SantaCruzLumberCo.com" >Santa Cruz Lumber Co.< /a>


(again with no spaces except the "$") results in this...
 Santa Cruz Lumber Co.

 




Jerry


Like this




MLS  using this...




< a$href="URL" >Text< /a >


with no spaces except the "$" between "a" and "href" - the URL must be enclosed within double-quotes.  "Text" is what you will see as underlined, clickable text.




 


Becky

Posted By Dwight Ennis on 01/05/2008 5:28 PM


Shad said in another topic that you type the name/phrase you wish to appear as a link (Santa Cruz Lumber Company in the examples below), highlight it, click the Insert/Edit Link button in the toolbar, and insert the type/paste the URL into the resulting pop-up window.  MUCH easier than the manual method!


Santa Cruz Lumber Company



I found a different solution, which I'm sure has been mentioned elsewhere, but this thread has the right topic so I'll put it here.

Lots of my software uses the 'insert picture' link:




And also the Insert Link:



In both cases, all you have to do is preload the clipboard with the url needed (i.e. highlight the URL, right-click on it and "copy") then click the appropriate button.

The new software opens a 'properties' box (just like NOF, one of my website packages,) and you 'paste' your URL into the box:


(That's part of my member space - just happened to be an open browser window.  I hope it will ask for your password if you click on it!)

And next is a basic link produced when you hit "OK" (not the same one shown above)
www.mylargescale.com/Community/Forums/tabid/56/forumid/14/tpage/1/view/topic/postid/3584/Default.aspx#3692

Now, the trick is that the text you are seeing is not the actual link code (all you HTML experts leave the room, please.)  You can edit the text (carefully) and the link stays the same:

Historical Locos

Q.E.D.

Incidentally, the Insert Image box also includes a bunch of extra parameters you can set.  The first two have a border=2, the first has h/vspace = 2 and the second is =6.  (space = pixels from the adjacent element.)