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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:18 PM
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Semi-technical question
How do you hyperlink a word in a post? For example, I say "this guy is a real "asshole", and when you click on the word 'asshole' there is a link that takes you to another thread or a webpage. Thanks in advance for any assistance you may be able to provide.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:19 PM
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1. You use the
link tag
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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:24 PM
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2. Thanks for the response, but...
How does one use the link tag? :) Please explain it to me as though you were talking to someone with the intelligence level of our fearless leader
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:29 PM
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3. here is an example
This guy is an asshole

that is this with no spaces

< link : www.whitehouse.gov |This guy is an asshole>
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:31 PM
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4. ah, but
Edited on Mon May-19-08 09:31 PM by DS1
you forgot to tell the person to use the square brackets
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:33 PM
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5. elitist!
:D
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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:33 PM
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6. Let's see
Edited on Mon May-19-08 09:37 PM by Rage for Order
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:34 PM
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7. no spaces.
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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:34 PM
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8. Did trying to link to it make me dumber? lol
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:35 PM
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9. not eeryone knows how to hyperlink, no you aren't dumb for trying or not knowing.
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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:36 PM
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10. Am i almost there? What's wrong with my example above?
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:37 PM
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11. use the square brackets instead of the arrow ones.
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Rage for Order Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:38 PM
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12. Ha! That did it! Thanks much CRS! n/t
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-19-08 09:39 PM
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13. anytime.
:thumbsup: :hi:
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