links

[Monkey Allen]

Can someone tell me how you make a link say something different than the long boring URL code? eg I want to post a link to somewhere in a reply in the forum, but I don't want to post the URL, I want to post the URL as 'Go here' or something similar.

Here is my example...this is a link to some songs I have recorded:

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=355705

...but I don't want to have that URL...I just want the link to say 'My Songs' so that when you click on 'My Songs' it takes you to the link.

thanks if you can help

 

[giraffe]

click on the "globe chain" picture above the reply field (under size)

back

 

[gordone]

For a normal webpage, say the link is http://www.mysongs.com, type the following HTML code -
<a href="http://www.mysongs.com">Click here to listen to my songs</a>

If you're in this forum, click the little earth/paper-clip graphic, and it will ask you for the text and the web address. Hello

Or type - <URL=mysite.com>Hello</URL>, BUT replace the < and > with [ and ]

 

[tourettes5139]

For a normal webpage, say the link is http://www.mysongs.com, type the following HTML code -
<a href="http://www.mysongs.com">Click here to listen to my songs</a>

If you're in this forum, click the little earth/paper-clip graphic, and it will ask you for the text and the web address. Hello

Or type - <URL=mysite.com>Hello</URL>, BUT replace the < and > with [ and ]

Nailed it!

 

[Monkey Allen]

Thanks for the help, did this work...

 

[Kevin Deschwazi]

Thanks for the help, did this work...

Nope

Click on globe link icon, it will say:

"Script Prompt:

Enter the text to be displayed for the link (optional):"

In this box you type the text that you want to show up in place of the URL.

Press OK and you will get the folowing box:

"Script Prompt:

Please enter the URL of your link:"

In this box you type the URL.

That should do it.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Nope? It works for me when I hit the link...what's up with that?

 

[Kevin Deschwazi]

Nope? It works for me when I hit the link...what's up with that?

I didn't notice it was in your sig, I just didn't see a link in the actual post so thought it hadn't worked, don't mind me.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Too easy kevin, I thought you may have missed it or something.

take it easy

 

[BadAE]

I have been wanting to ask the same question. Now that it has been explained I need not. Thanks, Allan for the question and those that answer.

 

[Monkey Allen]

Yeah, they were very helpful hey. Thanks