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Old 11-30-2004, 05:03 PM
Izzybella Izzybella is offline
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Link question

I've looked here for an answer to this question and can't find it. If it has already been answered elsewhere, please let me know and I'll go read it.

My question is--How do I name a link and make it look prettier, so that instead of

www.blahblah.com

it reads

The link I want you to visit

I hope this question makes sense. Thank you very much!
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Old 11-30-2004, 05:11 PM
GorillaMan GorillaMan is offline
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Remove the spaces from the following:
[url = www.g oogle.com]Google[/ url]

and you get

Google
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Old 11-30-2004, 05:15 PM
Izzybella Izzybella is offline
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Thanks very much GorillaMan! I really appreciate your help.
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Old 11-30-2004, 07:22 PM
Santos L Halper Santos L Halper is online now
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You can also just use the Insert Hyperlink button. When you do a window pops up that says Enter the text to be displayed for the link. After you do and click OK, a window pops up saying Please enter the URL of your link. Enter the URL, click OK and you're done!
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Old 12-01-2004, 12:53 PM
Izzybella Izzybella is offline
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Originally Posted by Santos L Halper
You can also just use the Insert Hyperlink button. When you do a window pops up that says Enter the text to be displayed for the link. After you do and click OK, a window pops up saying Please enter the URL of your link. Enter the URL, click OK and you're done!

Nifty!! Thanks.
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Old 12-04-2004, 08:43 PM
Spongemom Spongemom is offline
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Out of boredom/curiosity, I clicked on www.blahblah.com in the first post and came across an anti-Bush message board. Was that on purpose?
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