# hyperlink test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 29, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584 "2000-04-29T15:39:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584/21 "2000-04-29T17:56:24Z")

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Now can I do it with threads:

[does this work](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=18888)

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584/22 "2000-04-29T20:06:58Z")

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new sig test

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**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584/23 "2000-04-29T20:13:43Z")

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After reading manny’s advice in GQ, I thought I’d better try it.  
[Movie Data Base](http://www.imdb.com)

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584/24 "2000-04-29T21:09:15Z")

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1. Doing it the UBB way:  
[Try Google](http://www.google.com/)

2. Putting quotes around the URL:  
[Try Google](http://www.google.com/)

3. Putting quotes around the Hyperlink:  
[“Try Google”](http://www.google.com/)

4. Putting quotes around _everything_:  
[“Try Google”](http://www.google.com/)

5. Putting quotes around _part_ of the Hyperlink  
(as well as the URL):  
[Try “Google”](http://www.google.com/)

[The preview looks good, with numbers 1 and 3 failing, the rest working. This indicates that the only requirement is a double-quote before _http:_ and a double-quote at the end of the URL before the right brace (]). ]

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**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584/25 "2000-04-29T21:54:08Z")

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One thing I’ve noticed is that when you mouseover a link, the target address stays in your status bar when you move off the link. At least it does on the thread page itself, but doesn’t on this reply page. Might have been this way with the other board and I just didn’t notice.

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hyperlink-test/16584/26 "2000-04-29T22:38:14Z")

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Now I’m going to try a list.

[ul]  
[li]one silly thing[/li][li]two silly things[/li][li]three silly things[/li][/ul]

and now, for some underlining:

is this thing underlined?

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