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Hyperlink thingies

Ploshkin

Hyperlink thingies
« on: March 12, 2017, 15:09:07 PM »
Could someone please explain how you replace the long http...... bit with just a word or phrase when inserting a link.  I used to be able to do it on TSF but I've just attempted to do one, all full of confidence but it hasn't worked.  The link is fine it just wasn't replaced with my chosen words
I hope I'm making sense, my brain doesn't have the IT bit.
Life's too short for ironing.

SkoutSews

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2017, 16:04:45 PM »
Ploshkin, thanks for asking this, I can't find how to do it either  :[

Francesca

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2017, 16:39:22 PM »
Code: [Select]
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk]The BBC Homepage[/url]
Displays like: The BBC Homepage

 :D

UttaRetch

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2017, 21:43:28 PM »
 0_0  0_0 I've printed out the coding and it's just by my keyboard.  I will never remember the string (did it wrong for the photos of small town America thread), but I like to make tidy posts.

Francesca

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2017, 21:45:28 PM »
0_0  0_0 I've printed out the coding and it's just by my keyboard.  I will never remember the string (did it wrong for the photos of small town America thread), but I like to make tidy posts.

It's easier than the PR way, which is a bit messy. (It's actually the correct way to write a link, as in, the above url thing we do here converts into the PR way as that is how links are properly written, but it seems too complicated for most so I have no idea why she did it that way).

Vegegrow

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2017, 07:05:48 AM »
I like to be able to do this.. but I'm a computer dunce

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Code: [Select]
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk]The BBC Homepage[/url]
Displays like: The BBC Homepage

 :D
But I don't understand the reply
Where do I find a code button/ select button and then do I paste in the link and type the alternative wording after it
"The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary." ~Mary Kurtz

Francesca

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2017, 07:24:24 AM »
I like to be able to do this.. but I'm a computer dunce

.But I don't understand the reply
Where do I find a code button/ select button and then do I paste in the link and type the alternative wording after it

You don't need a button, you can just type the red text.

Vegegrow

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #7 on: March 13, 2017, 07:40:26 AM »
Please Miss what red text?
"The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary." ~Mary Kurtz

UttaRetch

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2017, 08:06:49 AM »
There is no red text, Vege.  Just type the example that Fran has given you exactly as a demo to see how it should work. You can then substitute the weblink of your choice with the text you want it to represent.

Francesca

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2017, 08:09:36 AM »
Please Miss what red text?

In the little example I wrote the text was red.

Like this:

Code: [Select]
[url=http://www.BBC.co.uk]The BBC Homepage[/url]

Vegegrow

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2017, 08:21:51 AM »
BBC Newspage


Yah I did it... Just copied it symbol for symbol... ps there no red text anywhere on this thread  for me.. I'm sure I'm not colour blind
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 08:24:39 AM by Vegegrow »
"The only place where housework comes before needlework is in the dictionary." ~Mary Kurtz

UttaRetch

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2017, 08:35:17 AM »
@Francesca: it all becomes clear now.  I didn't see red either.  Might there be a glitch in the coding?

Ploshkin

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2017, 11:30:26 AM »
You're not all going colour blind - it is red on my Kindle but black on the PC.  Thank you Fran and tose of you who still didn't understand because I didn't either.  I'm going to give it a go on another thread & see what happens.
Life's too short for ironing.

Francesca

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2017, 11:37:33 AM »
Hmm odd, its red for me regardless of device! Phone, laptop... Always red!

Apologies for confusing everyone!

BrendaP

Re: Hyperlink thingies
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2017, 13:20:08 PM »
It's black on my laptop using Firefox, but red using the same laptop with Safari, so obviously a browser oddity.

Thanks for the instructions though, I think I managed a proper link in my previous post  in the stash sewalong thread.
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