# Making links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 9, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725 "2008-09-09T02:35:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/1 "2008-09-09T02:35:56Z")
Before the upgrade, when I clicked on the “insert link” icon, I first got a dialog box in which I could enter the text I wanted to be linked, and then I’d get a dialog box where I could enter the URL. Since the upgrade, when I click on the “insert link” icon, I only get the “enter URL” dialog box. How do I link the URL to text? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/2 "2008-09-09T02:46:10Z")
I found the way. Go through the routine to create linked text. You will notice that the text string is partly highlighted, type your text there to replace it. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/3 "2008-09-09T03:24:57Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > I found the way. > > Go through the routine to create linked text. > You will notice that the text string is partly highlighted, type your text there to replace it. **runner pat** , I’m extraordinarily dense. Can you be more explicit? The routine I went through in the past was to type merrily along until I got to a place I want to add a link. Then I clicked on the “make link” icon, typed the text, clicked OK, then entered the URL. At what point should I see a partly highlighted text string? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/4 "2008-09-09T03:36:03Z")
{URL=“[http://www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com)”}**[http://www.yahoo.com](http://www.yahoo.com)**{/URL} When you use the system now, it creates the text above, with the bolded part highlighted. Just start typing after the popup goes away and the bolded part will be replaced by whatever you type. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/5 "2008-09-09T03:55:01Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > When you use the system now, it creates the text above, with the bolded part highlighted. Just start typing after the popup goes away and the bolded part will be replaced by whatever you type. I [got it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10171720#post10171720) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/6 "2008-09-09T04:00:19Z")
**Telemark** , thanks for providing a clearer explanation. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/7 "2008-09-09T04:40:57Z")
You can also type your text, then high light any words you want to turn into a link, then click the URL button and insert the webpage address after. Very useful for adding links after the fact! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/8 "2008-09-09T05:58:15Z")
If you have Firefox, you can also use [this handy extension](http://bbcodextra.extenzilla.org/index.php?lang=eng&sez=1). ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/9 "2008-09-09T13:59:07Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > If you have Firefox, you can also use [this handy extension](http://bbcodextra.extenzilla.org/index.php?lang=eng&sez=1). Oooh! Cool add-on! If you’re a Mac user like me, it’s also available on the Firefox site. The other one downloads as an XP installer file. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/10 "2009-05-31T15:09:36Z")
Has the Inset Link changed? It used to be that it had two screens, one in which to put the URL and the other to give it a name. Now, the first screen is to put in th link, and after doing this, I hit “OK” and it just puts the entire URL into the post. Here’s an example: [http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/KlondikeGeoff/?action=view¤t=zubinyawn.jpg](http://s25.photobucket.com/albums/c86/KlondikeGeoff/?action=view¤t=zubinyawn.jpg) What am I missing, or doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/11 "2009-05-31T15:43:44Z")
You aren’t doing anything wrong. It’s a new feature implemented alongside the August 2008 upgrade. Click the link below for an explanation. [Link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=482436). ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-links/462725/12 "2009-05-31T16:09:22Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > You can also type your text, then high light any words you want to turn into a link, then click the URL button and insert the webpage address after. Very useful for adding links after the fact! Thanks, **mnemosyne** that seems a very easy way.