Creating a link

[Ko]

Hi Mr Administrator

Please could you tell me how I can put a link to another website in a thread? Thanks

[Huguenot]

Hi Ko - I'm not admin, but....

Directly above where you type in your message when you post are ten buttons (one has a smiley for example).

Move the text cursor to the place (click on the location) in your message you want a link and click on the planet & link symbol in this section.

At this stage you may get a message at the top of your window asking for permission to allow scripted windows, you need to click on this and 'allow scripted windows'.

Then a window will appear in which you should put the full address of the link (starting 'http:').

Click OK, and then a new window asks you for the text that you want to be the link.

Put that in, press OK, and you have a link.

It'll appear as code in your text, but click on preview bottom right and you'll see what it finally looks like.

When you're happy, don't forget to click on 'Post Message' or you'll lose it!

[Administrator]

Thanks Huguenot, now my explanation of the same

you can just type in the website address making sure you put in htp:// before the www. bit. When you do, the link on the message will look like this: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/

or

you can click the icon (4th from the right) just above the text box in which you type of the globe with a chain link. This pops up a box where you enter the website address then another box asks for the description, this then makes the words a link like this:

The East Dulwich Forum

I hope that helps

[mockney piers]

or do it by hand which involves typing something on the lines of:

put your link text here that will look blue

[Ant]

Dear Mr Admin,

The magic code-trickery has removed the http:// from your example above and created the link. Hoisted by your own petard! Mwrah! *twirls Edwardian moustache*

[Administrator]

I see what you mean, I shall change the wording to convey what I truly desired to say