Advice about posting hyperlinks?

[Susan]

Okay... ummm... I've got a techie question i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

I know that whenever I type a message here which contains the URL of a web page, I see that the URL gets treated by proboards20.com as a "hyperlink," enabling anyone who reads that message to just click on it to be transported to another page (or, in some cases, to a media file).

But, I have seen people post here and insert hyperlinks which display with just one or two words, such as "click here" or something to that effect. My question is... What is the manner in which I must type in my link information, in order to "suppress" the overt display of the actual URL, and to substitute a word or a phrase in place of the URL in the body of the posted text message?

Would one of you more advanced "techies" kindly provide me with some helpful hints? Thanks.

[Dave]

When writing your message, Click the "Insert hyperlink" icon (second from left in the row above the smileys) and this will appear in your message:

Type your text between the two sets of brackets, so it looks like this: click here for HWI

Then type an equals sign after the first "url" and type (or copy and paste) the webpage link immediately after the equals sign, so it looks like this:

click here for HWI

When you hit the preview button, this appears: click here for HWI

You can't have any spaces inside either set of brackets, but you can put anything you want in the text between the first set of brackets, and the second set of brackets.

Alternatively: You can also type the text first, then highlight it, then click the "URL" button. But you still have to add manually the "=" sign and paste the website link in the right place (as above).

EDIT - UPDATED 30 June 2009

[Susan]

Thank you, Dave!

Thank you, thank you, thank you... Gracias, grazie, danke, merci, etc. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

This a really "cool" system. (These computer maneuvers are so interesting... what ever did we *do* before the existence of the Internet?)

[comet]

Just Testing the old dog

Is there an easier or quicker way to do this now ?

seems a bit messy

Is there a Tutorial for the Add Tags Icon bar anywhere ?

[roger]

Hi Paul,

There isn't really an easier way assuming you are already using the "Insert Hyperlink" tag:

You still have to insert the equals sign manually and then copy and paste the link within the opening tag and the description of your choice between the tags. That cannot be done automatically because the software cannot possibly know the location of the page to which you wish to link or your chosen description.

Roger

[comet]

Thanks Roger.

I will try and REMEMBER how to do it