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Can someone explain to me the steps needed to place links in your posts.

freshwest
(53,661 posts)kairos12
(13,365 posts)boguspotus
(297 posts)That helps - btw - I'm hoping to get my user name changed asap. I'm a very long time lurker - my username is from W was prez....
Sorry, but I'm not a troll
Thanks
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I have no idea how it's done.
Make7
(8,547 posts)The DU3 software should turn any web address starting with [font color="#000088"]http://[/font] into a link. For example, putting this text into a post...
[div style="margin-left:1em; color:#000088;"]http://www.google.com
... should automatically turn into this link...
[div style="margin-left:1em;"]http://www.google.com
To make a link out of custom text, use the link button (or type in the code). The following code in your message text...
[div style="margin-left:1em; color:#000088;"][link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/index.php|Democratic Underground]
... should result in this link in your post...
[div style="margin-left:1em;"]Democratic Underground
There are some known problems with certain characters causing links to be incomplete or not work at all. See this thread for more info on the known issues.