# How do I make a guote that is also a link? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825 "2011-08-23T23:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/1 "2011-08-23T23:01:00Z")
Need answer fast. I want to post something that looks like a quote, but when you click on it, it links you to the original source for the text. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/2 "2011-08-23T23:10:52Z")
[like this!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9034109#post9034109) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/3 "2011-08-23T23:36:33Z")
Thanks, but not as helpful as I had hoped. I figured it out, though. Put the hyperlink coding outside the quoted text coding, like so:[url=“[http://dummylink.com](http://dummylink.com)”}[quote}text[/quote}[/url} Except close the tags with brackets instead of braces. ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/4 "2011-08-23T23:52:24Z")
or do it the easy-peasy way. In the post box (reply box) have the link ready on your clipboard (copy it) then click the hyperlink symbol (the little world with 2 chain links). This opens a window in which you can paste your link. when it appears in the reply box some of the link will be highlighted. type what you want to appear instead of the link and it will magically take the place of the highlighted text! Piece of cake, easy as pie! ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/5 "2011-08-24T00:20:09Z")
> [@](#): > > [Goat that is also a link](http://www.deejewelry.com/images/goat.jpg) … ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/6 "2011-08-24T03:03:05Z")
Since this is a question about how to use the Straight Dope forums, I’ve moved it to ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/7 "2011-08-24T21:10:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Thanks, but not as helpful as I had hoped. > > I figured it out, though. Put the hyperlink coding outside the quoted text coding, like so:{url=“[http://dummylink.com](http://dummylink.com)”}{quote}text{/quote}{/url} > > Except close the tags with brackets instead of braces. [ > [@](#): > > testing this ]([How do I make a guote that is also a link? - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=621557)) Did it work? Yes, but I had to change the “[” in **kaylasdad99** ’s post to “{” in order to get it to work, because it parsed the square brackets weirdly. Use **kaylasdad99** ’s method, but replace curly brackets with square ones. Make sure there are no square brackets anywhere else in your post. Or else figure out what it was parsing screwily when I tried it without altering his quote. Also, sorry mods, for the rule violation vis altering things in the quote box. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/8 "2011-08-24T21:26:46Z")
Worked! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/9 "2011-08-24T21:51:36Z")
Durn you, **njtt**! I was going to goat a link. That _goat_ a _link_, not \ ***lick**. \*You shouldn’t be licking goats. It isn’t sanitary. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/10 "2011-08-25T06:37:45Z")
I dunno, **njtt** , that looks more like a terminus than a link [this is a goat link](http://goat-link.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/11 "2011-08-25T12:18:47Z")
I’m sorry but I am _not_ clicking on goat links. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/12 "2011-08-25T23:29:39Z")
[Goat link](http://www.localharvest.org/goat-sausage-C16898) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-make-a-guote-that-is-also-a-link/593825/13 "2011-08-25T23:37:46Z")
You have to have a mustache to connect it to.