Neat Links?

VelvetGlove

I've noticed that some people are able to post neat links which say things like 'CLICK HERE' or the name of the product but all I can manage using the little (url) icon second in on the bottom row is a huge long clickable beast which shows all the whole long URL.

Please, someone educate me, how do you do the neat little links on here? :-/

vanoonoo

MARTINS SITE

MARTINS SITE

like that?

tru

VelvetGlove, I can't do it either

Noo, stop showing off and explain ;D

heldaz

VelvetGlove

Good question..... id love to know too

vanoonoo

a nightmare to explain online cos the code keeps kicking in and well the answer is there in my original post if you stop and look carefully but here goes

when using coding for this site you first need to be aware that you use square brackets [ ]

for this specific commands you take the url you want eg http://www.moneysavingexpert.com

you put square brackets around it

[http://www.moneysavingexpert.com]

you put the command url= inside the first square bracket



then you type what you want to appear in your message eg CLICK HERE FOR MARTINS REALLY GREAT SITE

CLICK HERE FOR MARTINS REALLY GREAT SITE

then you end the code with the command {/url} (except you have to use square brackets and no spaces inside the brackets) eg

CLICK HERE FOR MARTINS REALLY GREAT SITE[ /url]


which gives you:

CLICK HERE FOR MARTINS REALLY GREAT SITE

heldaz

okey dokey then

CLICK HERE FOR THE BEST MONEY SAVING SITE EVER

did that work??

heldaz

wow

thanks for the info vanoonoo ;D

i feel really clever now (god knows why though lol)

tru

the answer is there in my original post if you stop and look carefully

Ooooohhhh I'll consider myself told off, then ;D

vanoonoo

that's ok! I'm glad my instructions made sense - like I say it's quite difficult to explain withouth the code taking over

and you have every right to feel clever - you are programming in yabb code which is quite close to html code - so well done you!

vanoonoo

Ooooohhhh I'll consider myself told off, then ;D

so you should - making me work on a bank holiday!!! *chuckle* my brain hurts now and I had to eat a mars bar after I typed the long post of examples!

vanoonoo

you can change the colors too and you don't have to type in capitals

still works in red and lower case