Hiding links under text

[tdecosta]

How can you post a link and change the link into words in your text. These appear underlined, so the reader knows to click on it. Like this:

click here



You can do that with either html or vB codes. In html it would look like this:



{a href="http://thisisthelink.com"}click here{/a}



Just replace the { and } with < and > both times



With a vB code it's like this:



{url=http://thisisthelink.com}click here{/url}



replace the { and } with [ and ] both times

 

[BrentKaiser]

By clicking HERE

URL=http://www.tdr1.com]HERE[/URL

begin the url above with [ then end it with ].

 

[tdecosta]

links

Thank you Steve, I'll give those a try!

 

[tdecosta]

links

Thanks Brent!

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

oops, guess I hit edit rather than reply.

 

[GFritsch]

When I cut and paste a link to a message it looks like this http://turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=122220



Is it simply a matter of retyping by hand to make it look like this



{url=http://turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12220}click here{/url}



I'm thinking there must be a quicker way. Sorry for the basic question, I don't know computer lingo.



Greg

 

[GFritsch]

I guess if that was right it would have only printed click here. Oh well

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

you need to change the {'s to [ and the }'s to ]

 

[GFritsch]

click here



It worked Steve thanks! So I take it that you do have to type in everything but http://turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12220 ? I saw some of the code icons above the message area and thought there was something more I was missing.



Thanks again!

 

[GFritsch]

O. k. I figured it out. By hitting on the "insert hyperlink button" it makes things quick and easy. Oo. Oo. Oo.