Anyone know how to get the link thing to work here?
Sep 18, 2009 5:25 PM
Location: L.A. area
Joined: Jan 18, 2008
Points: 1161
Okay, again and again I want to make a clickable link to a site, let's say this one: http://latextoppers.com/

I want to make this url a clickable link instead of the user having to copy and paste it into their browser.

So this is what I attempt to do by doing the following:
I put the link here: http://latextoppers.com/
Then I highlight that link by selecting it with my mouse, then I go to the LINK Icon in the above menu which looks like a chain link (the one on the left, 2nd one over from the mountain-and-sun icon for Image links.)

A window pops up asking me for the URL, I enter: http://latextoppers.com/ into that box. Then click "OK.
It turns the link blue like it should (see above) so all seems to be working just fine.

But then when I post my post and go to it in the list and click on the blue link (above) it opens up a blank page instead of opening up http://latextoppers.com/.

What on earth am I doing wrong? Or is this linking function just broken?
This message was modified Sep 18, 2009 by jimsocal
Re: Anyone know how to get the link thing to work here?
Reply #1 Sep 18, 2009 8:39 PM
Joined: Aug 30, 2007
Points: 464
HTML <a href="http://www.psacake.com/web/dy.asp">tags</a>.
Re: Anyone know how to get the link thing to work here?
Reply #2 Sep 19, 2009 3:06 AM
Location: L.A. area
Joined: Jan 18, 2008
Points: 1161
sager66 wrote:
HTML <a href="http://www.psacake.com/web/dy.asp">tags</a>.

Guess I should have known!
But why are the icons above disabled? Just curious.
It would help if they were there, to encourage people to post photos.

Okay, so why isn't this working for me?

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better"></a>

Here is what I put, right above this line, but below with an extra space between the 1st  < and the last  > so that you can see it. Otherwise it just disappears, as above!
< a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better"></a >
This message was modified Sep 19, 2009 by jimsocal
Re: Anyone know how to get the link thing to work here?
Reply #3 Sep 19, 2009 4:16 PM
Joined: Aug 30, 2007
Points: 464
< a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better" >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better< /a >
without spaces . . <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better</a>

< a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better" >Should Have Known Better< /a >
without spaces . . <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Should_Have_Known_Better">Should Have Known Better</a>
This message was modified Sep 19, 2009 by sager66

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