How do you insert an embedded link?

I'm not that clever, but was able to find this sometime back buried in the middle of another thread.

{a href="http://yourrul.com"}This is the link that the reader sees{/a}

Now substitute < for { and > for } and it will work. You'll also need to be careful about the length of the url. Not exactly sure what the limit is but if your link doesn't work you can always try tinyurl.com.

At some point BPL will get modern forum software and we won't have to do this anymore.

Thanks Nia, I'll give it a crack.

Sounds pretty clever to me!

{a href="http://yourrul.com&quot;}This is the link that the reader sees{/a}

Now substitute < for { and > for } and it will work.
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Also stick:
target="_blank"
with a space in front, directly after the last quote mark in the url and it will open in a new window.

Posted in Test, as that's a good place to, ah TEST,…

In the following, replace http://URL with the link,
and TARGET STRING with something meaningful.
(The quotes Are required.)

So if you wanted to send someone to http://www.backpackinglight.com
…using a TARGET STRING of BPL

it would look like this –

ABC

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again a request for a button that does this easily:

Just like the 'insert image at cursor' button, on the 'posting a message' page, there should be an 'insert link at cursor' button.

This is the link that the reader sees

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Gearlist

Nia,

I had a long url that would set up as a hot link. I went to tinyurl like you suggested and it it worked fine.

Great tip.

Daryl

backpack

http://gallery.me.com/mkloomis#100597

http://gallery.me.com/mkloomis#100573

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CNN

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Test URL

I agree, a button would be nice.

I found the following to be helpful…..

test

If the link you are posting is really long this can cause problems- fixed by using tiny URL.

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