# 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:** 3
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/41 "2000-08-10T14:44:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dpr \* > \*\*Thanks btw. > > I’ve just realised I never acknowledged what a help this thread was. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Poirot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@Poirot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poirot)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2000, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/42 "2000-08-11T06:32:41Z")
I was just about to add the bug that a link can’t be at the start of the post, but it’s already up there. This thread needs to be re-cut, I think. The blue boxes around the smilies are also history. ---
**Author:** ![Et\_tu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df788c/32.png) [@Et\_tu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Et_tu)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2000, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/43 "2000-08-12T23:36:32Z")
I wish I’d seen this thread yesterday. It could have spared me some confusion, since I made a post name look like regular words, and I see everyone uses blue links here. They could be a whole lot easier to type though. I had to preview 3 times to catch all my errors with quote marks, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/44 "2000-08-14T02:27:56Z")
[search](http://search.aol.com/) ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/45 "2000-08-14T06:25:49Z")
Testing this out… [A site](http://www.80s.com/OnBoard/forum.html) ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/46 "2000-08-14T23:56:06Z")
Trying to post a link: [http://www.cnn.com/books/crossword/](http://www.cnn.com/books/crossword/) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/47 "2000-08-15T10:37:37Z")
test [text](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25307') ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/48 "2000-08-15T10:39:10Z")
trying again dammit [text](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25307) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/49 "2000-08-15T10:40:19Z")
woooohoooooo!!! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/50 "2000-08-15T10:43:47Z")
prcatice, don’t mind me. [this is cool sports site](http://www.espn.go.com/) ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2000, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/51 "2000-08-15T13:08:58Z")
test 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/52 "2000-08-16T12:02:19Z")
Okay, so how do I do those box thingies where people make points? There’s an example of them pretty high up on page one of this thread. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/53 "2000-08-26T03:18:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*You can do e-mail links in vB, just like any other URL. Try the following: > [[sup][/sup]url=“[mailto:eyke@operamail.com](mailto:eyke@operamail.com)”]Eyke[[sup][/sup]/url] > which should turn into > [Eyke](mailto:eyke@operamail.com) \*\* ---
**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 26, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/54 "2000-08-26T21:48:30Z")
iampunha, do you mean like [ul][li]This,[/li][li]that, and[/li][li]the other thing?[/ul][/li] I did it with the following code: ```auto [[sup][/sup]list][[sup][/sup]*]This, [[sup][/sup]*]that, and [[sup][/sup]*]the other thing?[[sup][/sup]/list] ``` ---
**Author:** ![La\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@La\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_King)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/55 "2000-08-27T02:00:22Z")
[list][li]•[_]•_•žŽ¤\*[/li][sub]•žŽ¤[/sub] **•žŽ¤** [sub] **•žŽ¤** [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![La\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@La\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_King)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/56 "2000-08-27T02:04:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Show\_Biz \* > \*\*To put special characters into a message, use the > **Character Map accessory**. > (In Windows in the Start/ Programs/ Accessory list. > Apple has a similar tool.) > > It displays a grid of all the characters. (Be sure you’re in the same font you see on SDMB, or they won’t show up.) > You click on a character, and it appears in the window. Push Copy and then come back to the post window and Paste (under the Edit pulldown, or ctrl-v). > > That’s all there is to it. Nothing to remember, no long hex codes. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![BarnStormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/57 "2000-09-04T09:02:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omniman \* > It’s always the non-nerds who invent the best ease-of-use features. > > You would push Quote and get this: > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Sangria [sup]in this exact post in **[Greatest ratio of posts to views](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=704980#post704980)**_[/sup] > > \*\*It all seems too hard for the average poster. > > What would be nice is if the “Quote” button put the code for that post into the window. > > > > They already have the poster’s name and then the link would be right with it. > > > > Then you could cut and paste it to wherever you wanted in one step, without having to assemble the pieces. \*\* > > This is a GREAT idea, that **vB code** would automatically create the spcific-post link. > > You should suggest it to them at their forum. > Be aware, though, that even though it’s an easy thing to code and they may do it, it could be a year before it came back installed at SDMB. > > Good luck with it. > **[vBulletin Community Forum](http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/index.php)** ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/58 "2000-09-11T01:34:26Z")
[[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37729](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37729)]look at me(don’t really) ---
**Author:** ![Wump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed655f/32.png) [@Wump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wump)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/59 "2000-09-11T01:35:56Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37729lalala](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37729lalala) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2000, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290/60 "2000-09-13T12:57:19Z")
Just a test [notareallink](http://www.fakelink.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-forget-the-link-heres-how-to-post-one-part-next/20290.md?page=4)