# Just testing/practising how to link. Not sure it will work **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824 "2008-03-10T10:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824/1 "2008-03-10T10:40:47Z")
test > **[NANCY ANN (PAT) FELTON ~~~~~~~~~~ 03/17/1935 - 08/17/2020](https://www.celebratenancy.com/)** > > NANCY ANN (PAT) FELTON ~~~~~~~~~~ 03/17/1935 - 08/17/2020 ---
**Author:** ![BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824/2 "2008-03-10T10:53:11Z")
You’ve been on the board 5 years and don’t know how to link?? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824/3 "2008-03-10T10:55:58Z")
I usually have my personal syadmin (DH) do my stuff for me, but he’s atill asleep. Why, when I google the link, does it not show up? ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824/4 "2008-03-10T16:05:56Z")
\ Moving to ATMB. MPSIMS \> ATMB \ ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824/5 "2008-03-11T11:47:54Z")
[QUOTE=Ca3799] I usually have my personal syadmin (DH) do my stuff for me, but he’s atill asleep. Why, when I google the link, does it not show up? [/QUOTE] I think it is because the SDMB doesn’t allow spiders to crawl this site and archive it, since it is pay to post/be able to search the archives. I am not certain of this though. Also, if you highlight the word you want to become a link, then click the link icon (ninth option from the left in the reply field) you will get a popup menu that will allow you to specify the word, then paste in the link. Like [this](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens), see? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-practising-how-to-link-not-sure-it-will-work/440824/6 "2008-03-11T11:52:38Z")
[QUOTE=BellRungBookShut-CandleSnuffed] You’ve been on the board 5 years and don’t know how to link?? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Take a look at how many posts I have, and how long I’ve been here. My post average is about 3 posts per day, which isn’t a lot but not as little as they post. That’s why they don’t recall at the moment how to post links, I’d bet. 😉 (You’ve been here not even 1/5th of the time they have, and already have between 1/4 and 1/3 of their number of posts, roughly…)