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    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs

    Can some clever person please explain the process for inserting a link into a forum post?

    It's a bit of a pain to have to copy and paste a URL.

    I am sure it's been talked about before but I can't seem to find it.

    Thanks.

    #1430604
    Nia Schmald
    BPL Member

    @nschmald

    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.

    #1430610
    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs

    Thanks Nia, I'll give it a crack.

    Sounds pretty clever to me!

    #1430617
    Chris Chastain
    Spectator

    @thangfish

    Locale: S. Central NC, USA

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

    Now substitute < for { and > for } and it will work.

    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.

    #1430630
    Greg Mihalik
    Spectator

    @greg23

    Locale: Colorado

    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.)

    Embedded Link

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

    it would look like this –
    LinkExample1

    #1489268
    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs

    ABC

    #1489272
    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs

    #1490757
    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs

    ˚

    #1514144
    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs
    #1516597
    Paul Tree
    Member

    @paul_tree

    Locale: Wowwww

    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.

    #1578756
    Nick Gatel
    BPL Member

    @ngatel

    Locale: Southern California
    #1617174
    Andrew Lush
    BPL Member

    @lushy

    Locale: Lake Mungo, Mutawintji NPs

    SNIPPITY SNIP

    #1617194
    jeffrey bennett
    Spectator

    @jollygreen

    Locale: Near the bottom
    #1617195
    jeffrey bennett
    Spectator

    @jollygreen

    Locale: Near the bottom
    #1645835
    Chris Benson
    Member

    @roguenode

    Locale: Boulder
    #1705076
    Daryl and Daryl
    BPL Member

    @lyrad1

    Locale: Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth

    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

    #1723785
    Aaron Knapp
    Member

    @amknapp4

    Locale: Midwest
    #1781200
    Mina Loomis
    BPL Member

    @elmvine

    Locale: Central Texas
    #1782330
    Mike M
    BPL Member

    @mtwarden

    Locale: Montana
    #1813638
    Bryce
    BPL Member

    @antigroundhogday

    Locale: Stamford, CT

    CNN

    #1878685
    david
    Spectator

    @davidvcd

    #1889698
    NoCO-Jim
    BPL Member

    @noco-jim

    Locale: NoCO

    Test URL

    I agree, a button would be nice.

    I found the following to be helpful…..

    HTML Link

    #2026288
    Adam Criswell
    Member

    @macrophyllum

    Locale: Northern California
    #2026293
    Jason Elsworth
    Spectator

    @jephoto

    Locale: New Zealand

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

    #2030731
    Daniel Russell
    Member

    @superfluous_grizzly

    Locale: Creation
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