# Hoe do I link? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 2, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502 "2001-03-02T14:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502/1 "2001-03-02T14:56:52Z")
I tried to put a link in my sig, I want to do it so when you press it, it will take you to the page. Obviously, didn’t work. Help? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502/2 "2001-03-02T15:06:02Z")
[When you do a search for threads in ATMB with the word ‘link’ in the subject line alone, an astonishing 49 threads pop up.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?query=link&forumchoice=2&booleanand=yes&searchin=subject&searchdate=-1&searchuser=&exactname=yes&action=dosearch&getdaily=&pagenum=) **vanilla** , why can’t you try that sort of thing _yourself_ for a change? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502/3 "2001-03-02T15:07:39Z")
Of course, the above link **doesn’t** work due to its length. Ot maybe it does in IE, I dunno. Using Netscape currently. The point, however, remains. ---
**Author:** ![weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@weapons\_grade\_bullonium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/weapons_grade_bullonium)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502/4 "2001-03-02T15:21:05Z")
Here’s what I find is obvious: I think the main point about **vanilla** ’s is that vinilla isn’t the one who made a mistake. Since people seem to ask this identical thing every two day, it’s obvious to me you shouldn’t be hiding the information under cryptic titles like “vB code is on”. As to your problem, it too was discussed today. Again, the answer is to ask the board to change a little, rather than twelve thousand users. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JimB \* > \*\*Re: But only in IE, not Netscape. > > And only because Yahoo! search tolerates spaces in words like “Los Angel es” and still gives the correct results. > IE changes spaces in URLs to %20. Some search engines filter out the translated extra spaces. > > An actual space in a URL is invalid. Trouble is that Netscape accepts the URL as written, and it has an actual space in it. > > [ul][rant] > This has been a problem since day one of having vBulletin software. It was reported as a bug here and to vBulletin. _There is no reason to insert a space for a line break in non-displaying text._ vBulletin already had a patch, or “Hack” as they call it, to fix this. That was a year ago and the SDMB has still not implemented it. > > The people at the SDMB really want references or sites for their assertions, yet, if the URL is over 100 characters long, it doesn’t work for people using Netscape and only sometimes works for people using IE. > > This is a known bug with a known solution and posting search results is a big part of the SDMB. > > The SDMB doesn’t like large blocks of text quoted because of copyright problems, yet, long URLs from searches won’t work. I fail to understand why this hasn’t been fixed. > [/rant][/ul] > Hey, **dougie** , can you edit that for me? Fix it so it gets the point across but doesn’t sound like I’m trying to piss my hosts off. Can you do that? > > Jim \*\* ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502/5 "2001-03-02T15:34:20Z")
I just went to FAQ and found out. No need to get testy Coldfire, though I guess I’d better start reading faq more often. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoe-do-i-link/56502/6 "2001-03-02T16:01:15Z")
Not testy, **vanilla**. I just don’t see why doing a search (or, indeed, reading the FAQ) is more work than starting a thread, that’s all. Plus, it’s not like you’re a rank newbie. Yet, you routinely start ATMB questions that seem rather mainstream to me. Just an observation. **weapons whatever** : We use vB for reasons of capacity. UBB can’t handle a board this size very well. One of the downsides is indeed the problem with longer links in Netscape, as JimB correctly pointed out in another thread. The problem is: we do not design new vB releases ourselves. Also, we won’t use a newer vB version until it has been tested and proven bug-free (or at least, low on bugs). That’s the answer to your second question, I suppose. As to your first enquiry: the FAQ is being updated as we speak. We’ve been rather busy. I personally don’t think a link next to a reply window saying “vB code is on” is all that obscure, but to each his own. I don’t even know if we can customize that text.