# Linking to websites.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 16, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623 "2010-05-16T08:53:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/1 "2010-05-16T08:53:34Z")

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Once upon a time on these boards, when I would insert a ‘link’, it would ask me for the site and THEN ask for a ‘text’ to be inserted in lieu of the link. IOW, I would c & p the HTTP etc, and rather than that being the ‘link’ I was able to add my own words, like “Here is a picture of my pussycat” or whatever.

For some reason I am unable to do this anymore, and I’m wondering if a) I am doing something wrong, or b) this function has changed over the last year or so.

Can anyone help me here?

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/2 "2010-05-16T09:38:54Z")

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Just bumping my own thread 'cos I think it was first submitted during a bit of SDMB down-time and even my OWN vists aren’t showing as views. 😃

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/3 "2010-05-16T10:35:42Z")

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> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Once upon a time on these boards, when I would insert a ‘link’, it would ask me for the site and THEN ask for a ‘text’ to be inserted in lieu of the link. IOW, I would c & p the HTTP etc, and rather than that being the ‘link’ I was able to add my own words, like “Here is a picture of my pussycat” or whatever.
> 
> For some reason I am unable to do this anymore, and I’m wondering if a) I am doing something wrong, or b) this function has changed over the last year or so.
> 
> Can anyone help me here?

[Step 1](http://i39.tinypic.com/14aab6u.png)

[Step 2](http://i43.tinypic.com/es94eq.png)

> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Just bumping my own thread 'cos I think it was first submitted during a bit of SDMB down-time and even my OWN vists aren’t showing as views. 😃

Thread view counts do not update in realtime. They are updated once per hour or so.

- **xash**  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/4 "2010-05-16T11:17:09Z")

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Orright then, testing:

Here is a pic of my chooks

cgi.ebay.com.au/OLD-CARAVAN-ABOUT-16-TO-18FT\_W0QQitemZ200470449598QQcategoryZ32633QQcmdZViewItemQQ\_tr

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/5 "2010-05-16T11:20:24Z")

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[Here is my caravan](http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=290435832921&Category=10994)

Lets see how this goes, even if it innit a caravan! 😛

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/6 "2010-05-16T11:21:57Z")

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I might be a tad slow xash, but I THINK I’ve got it, at last! Thanks.

😃

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linking-to-websites/539623/7 "2010-05-17T10:41:39Z")

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Just confirming, nothing to see here folks, move on.

[Here is a pic of some acne](http://www.atlasdermatologico.com.br/)

Aha!