Links within the Cloud

Fri, Jan 28 2011 11:35pm GMT 1
John Taylor
John Taylor
916 Posts
Help!
I've posted up a link to a story in Inter City Challenge, and it stays black and doesn't work as a link. Is there an approved proper way of creating links?
Sat, Jan 29 2011 12:57am GMT 2
Tony
Tony
2108 Posts
What I did, John, was to open my story page, select the url at the top of the screen and copy it (Ctrl+C); go to AlanP's Link Page and paste it in (Ctrl+V) with a suitable comment. That seemed to work OK.

Sat, Jan 29 2011 10:37am GMT 3
John Taylor
John Taylor
916 Posts
I did the same, Tony, but no link appeared. Maybe you have to press return at the end of web address?*!?
Sat, Jan 29 2011 11:25am GMT 4
Caducean Whisks
Caducean Whisks
1233 Posts
John,
You have to:
1. Select and copy the text with the link in (e.g. the URL at the top of the page or in the bottom left corner)
2. Go to your post/reply box.
3. TYPE SOME WORDS FIRST into your actual post, e.g. 'Click here'
3. HIGHLIGHT those words
4. Select 'Insert/Edit Link' from the little toolbar in the reply box
5. Paste the URL into the box that pops up - where is says 'URL'
6. Click 'Insert'
7. It will embed the link in your highlighted words and they'll be clickable.

If you don't highlight words first, the 'Insert/Edit Link' box won't appear.

OK?
Sat, Jan 29 2011 12:03pm GMT 5
Caducean Whisks
Caducean Whisks
1233 Posts
P.S. If you hover over the buttons on the little toolbar, it'll tell you which one is 'Insert/Edit Link'.
Sat, Jan 29 2011 01:04pm GMT 6
John Taylor
John Taylor
916 Posts
Thanks, CW. Got there eventually.

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