The Sewing Place
Reception => Tech Know How => Tech Tutorials => Topic started by: UttaRetch on March 01, 2017, 13:08:07 PM
-
I had a lot of problems with my first post because I couldn't work out to make a shortform url, so off I went to look it up and found this tute (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Url).
-
Yep you got it:
[url=www.bbc.co.uk]Link to the BBC[/url]
-
I don't even know what a shortform is!!!! :o
I read the title from reception and thought someone had posted in the wrong area with questions about a homemade dress-form for the vertically challenged !!!!
-
I had a lot of problems with my first post because I couldn't work out to make a shortform url, so off I went to look it up and found this tute (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Url).
Briliant. I used to do that all the time but had completely forgotten how. Was just bout to look it up myself!
-
Can someone please explain how to do this in very simple terms for me? I don't get it :S
-
I've discovered an even better way than my original post. If you want to turn a weblink such as https://www.sewessential.co.uk/sewing-patterns into a weblink, simply highlight the link and copy, click on the world symbol next to the little picture, delete the what's already in the box and paste the link you previously highlighted and okay. Your long link will become Sew essentials (https://www.sewessential.co.uk/sewing-patterns).
-
tsp (https://thesewingplace.org.uk/index.php?action=post;topic=52.0;last_msg=58166)
Did it work?
-
Yes it did.
It's a very poor day that you don't learn something!!! :toast:
-
This was a feature added a few months ago. Sorry we didn't announce, but that is why it's different than when the first post was made :) I knew some people were struggling with the manual way.
-
It didnt work for me, will keep trying though. Thanks :)
-
My short links take me to a virgin media search engine for whatever name I've changed it to :S
Obviously doing something wrong here, even with simple instructions.
-
I did a quick video showing the steps: https://vimeo.com/263232646
-
I do hope this is something I will be able to do without - it's gone way over my head I'm afraid!
-
Nope, followed the video (thanks @Francesca) but didn't work. Maybe it doesn't work on a smartphone?
Or I'm just stupid 0_0
-
In that case just type out as follows. Put the URL in the place where I've put www.bbc.co.uk and your text in "Link to the BBC".
[url=http://www.bbc.co.uk]Link to the BBC[/url]
-
Still can't get it to work, I dont think it's smartphone friendly
-
The hand-typed way is 100% smartphone friendly. The way shown using the link button (in the video) may not work on some devices. But the way I showed with the BBC link will 100% work.
-
O.k thanks, I'll keep trying! :D
Pattern (https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/burda-sewing-pattern-6735/)
Zips (https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/14-invisible-zips/)
-
It appears I've finally sussed this out on my laptop. Next to see if I can get it work on my phone....I'm halfway there!
Trim (https://www.fabricland.co.uk/product/ric-rac-trim-jumbo/)
I've done it! Well I made a meal out of that one didn't I?
-
Yay. Glad you finally figured it out. Hope you can now get it to work on your smartphone.
-
I already have ;) I used my smartphone to do the 'trim' link above....yay!
-
The next exercise is to insert a picture. Extra points will be awarded for size - not too small or too large. :devil:
-
Ah if you mean an inline pic I've already tried that one and couldn't get it to work on my phone.
Maybe I should do the same and try it on my laptop first. It was only by doing that of how I managed this in the end
-
I don't bother with 'attachments', but prefer to just insert an image using the picture tool icon.
-
Right I've found that o.k, how to you copy a pic to within the img brackets that come up?
-
A picture link ends with a .jpg, .png or .gif extension, for instance
https://d36ic34lpog4od.cloudfront.net/Sewing-Patterns/Cashmerette/Upton/upton8.jpg
and when using the 'insert image', becomes
(https://d36ic34lpog4od.cloudfront.net/Sewing-Patterns/Cashmerette/Upton/upton8.jpg)
It's a good idea to find a medium size picture to begin with, although I do use a third party site to resize.
-
O.k got that I think. Can you do the same with pics in your phone's gallery?
-
No. You have to upload the picture to a photo editing site so that you can create a link that ends in .jpg. I use Lunapic (https://www140.lunapic.com/editor/) and import images from my computer. Try Imgur (https://imgur.com/upload) for uploading from your mobile. Bizarrely, you have to select 'Documents' when you click on 'Browse' and then look in either 'Images' or 'Gallery' to find the picture you want.
-
O.k fab, thanks for the info. I shall tackle it and see how I go :flower: