# Don't forget the link. Here's how to post one, Part Next **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 23, 2000, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290 "2000-05-23T16:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@Michi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2000, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/21 "2000-07-16T13:16:11Z")
my first attempt at a link ever…please don’t laugh if it doesnt work [To learn more about my hospital, look here.](http://www.sptimes.com/News/071200/Floridian/Healing_one_of_the_fa.shtml) ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/22 "2000-07-19T16:23:18Z")
Ok here is my test [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/23 "2000-07-19T16:31:35Z")
another test my favorite site ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/24 "2000-07-19T16:33:58Z")
trying again [url"http//:www.straightdope.com"]my favorite site ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/25 "2000-07-19T16:36:34Z")
argh! here I go again [hoping this works](http://www.straightdope.com) ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/26 "2000-07-19T16:38:24Z")
crossed fingers ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/27 "2000-07-19T16:39:49Z")
Yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/28 "2000-07-19T20:57:28Z")
Don’t cheer yet, lunasea… Did you try the link? it points to [http://boards.straightdope.com/www.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com/www.straightdope.com) . I think that this is due to forgetting the http:// in front of the address. ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/29 "2000-07-20T21:01:10Z")
Let’s try this… [http://www.latrinalia.com](http://www.latrinalia.com) ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2000, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/30 "2000-07-26T05:33:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\*Can someone, anyone, please explain to me how to post a URL under the name of whatever you want? > > For instance, saying ‘here’ as oposed to reprinting the entire URL. I’ve asked this before and was directed to the vB code page. I’ve printed it, read it, and still can’t figure it out. I don’t understand what I’m missing but it’s something. > > Can anyone explain it? > > Any help is always appreciated. > > Thanks, Chris. \*\* Here’s your answer **CnoteChris** , plus a few other neat formatting tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Hodiggity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@Hodiggity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodiggity)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/31 "2000-07-27T15:33:25Z")
Hey everybody, don’t mind me… [My test](http://www-scf.usc.edu/~abau) ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/32 "2000-07-28T13:59:09Z")
[http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html](http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html) ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/33 "2000-07-28T14:01:06Z")
[http://www.mustardweb.com/](http://www.mustardweb.com/) [http://www.mustardmuseum.com/](http://www.mustardmuseum.com/) ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/34 "2000-07-28T14:15:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*So, if I type > > [[sup][/sup]url=“[http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com)”]The Straight Dope[[sup][/sup]/url] > > I’ll get > > [The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com) > \*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Achernar \* > So, **Chronos** , are you just saying that you typed in: > > [[[sup][/sup]sup][[sup][/sup]/sup]url=“[http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com)”]The Straight Dope[[[sup][/sup]sup][[sup][/sup]/sup]/url] > > Pretty darn clever. 🙂 \*\* Clever isn’t a good enough word. I love the problem analysis that went into this. I sure hope you have a good hi-tech job Chronos, as you certainly have the talent for one. ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/35 "2000-08-09T07:03:55Z")
Thanks btw. I’ve just realised I never acknowledged what a help this thread was. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/36 "2000-08-09T22:38:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I sure hope you have a good hi-tech job Chronos, as you certainly have the talent for one. Theoretical physicist… I imagine that that counts as “hi-tech”, but I’ll let you decide if it’s good. I actually got the idea for this from an old IRC trick, btw. In most IRC programs, if you have a / at the beginning of a line, it’s interpreted as a command: /join #straightdope , for example, would open up the straightdope room. The problem comes when you’re trying to show a newbie what to type, and one solution (thought up by someone else) was to put in a color code for black on white background at the beginning (the default, anyway), so the / wasn’t at the beginning of the line anymore. This is just a variant on that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Real\_Radio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Real\_Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Real_Radio)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/37 "2000-08-10T14:39:27Z")
practicing url [http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html](http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html) ---
**Author:** ![Real\_Radio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Real\_Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Real_Radio)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/38 "2000-08-10T14:40:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Real Radio \* > \*\*practicing url > [http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html](http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html) > > \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Real\_Radio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Real\_Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Real_Radio)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/39 "2000-08-10T14:41:59Z")
practicing url [http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html](http://www.mustardweb.com/indes.html) ---
**Author:** ![Real\_Radio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Real\_Radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Real_Radio)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2000, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/40 "2000-08-10T14:43:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > I sure hope you have a good hi-tech job Chronos, as you certainly have the talent for one. > > Theoretical physicist… I imagine that that counts as “hi-tech”, but I’ll let you decide if it’s good. > I actually got the idea for this from an old IRC trick, btw. In most IRC programs, if you have a / at the beginning of a line, it’s interpreted as a command: /join #straightdope , for example, would open up the straightdope room. The problem comes when you’re trying to show a newbie what to type, and one solution (thought up by someone else) was to put in a color code for black on white background at the beginning (the default, anyway), so the / wasn’t at the beginning of the line anymore. This is just a variant on that idea. \*\* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290.md?page=3)