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I've noticed a lot of posts and posters use short links to URL's like 'click here' or 'Look' or 'Link' etc instead of posting the whole web address and was wondering how they do it? 
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Learn to laugh at yourself ... everyone else has:rotfl:
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You have to be in advanced mode, then click the icon with the world and the chain link. It'll pop up a window and you follow the instructions
Or you can type the following, exchanging [ and ] for ( and )
(URL=http://url)Text(/URL)- = I also recognise the Robins and beep for them = -0 -
So if I do as you suggest ..... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=189026 ..... will change to ..... click here
:T Very good Omertron - wondered about this for a while :T
thanks
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...... and using the 2nd method would change ..... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=2048259 ..... to ..... This
:T Excellent stuff - so pleased now I know how it works :T
does it work in emails?Learn to laugh at yourself ... everyone else has:rotfl:
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