# On including URL's in posts **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 15, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081 "2009-07-15T03:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/1 "2009-07-15T03:15:50Z")
Two questions. When I paste a URL into the entry box, the result needs a little fine tuning. Is this just me? How do you substitute a suitable title for the URL itself. Do you have to go in there and do a little marking up or is there some direct way that I’m just too dense to figure out. Step by step if you please. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/2 "2009-07-15T03:27:35Z")
Seems you can’t put your own title on ULR on this site, but it does show the title of the page you are ULR’ing. So if you enter the ULR of Straight Dope it will look a bit of a mess on your composing but shows up as just Straight Dope on the reply. Do “Preview Post” to check what it looks like before submitting your post CW ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/3 "2009-07-15T03:27:41Z")
You mean make a single word or phrase into a [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=3)? If so, you type [url= the web address of you want to link to, no spaces]the word/s you want to be the link[/ url]. No space in the last group of brackets. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/4 "2009-07-15T03:28:41Z")
Moving from GQ to ATMB. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/5 "2009-07-15T03:31:19Z")
Nooooo! My chance to have successfully answered a GQ question before anyone else has been whisked away to ATMB. Now how am I ever going to become a full fledged member around here? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/6 "2009-07-15T03:35:05Z")
Or, highlight the URL you wish to insert; right click on it and copy it to the clipboard; in the “Reply” dialog box, type the words you want to make into a link; highlight them; click the “Insert Link” icon above the dialog box (looks like a world globe with a link of chain); paste the URL from the clipboard into the URL box; click OK. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/7 "2009-07-15T03:35:35Z")
Simple enough, CIB. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/8 "2009-07-15T03:35:55Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > You mean make a single word or phrase into a [link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=3)? > > If so, you type [url= the web address of you want to link to, no spaces]the word/s you want to be the link[/ url]. No space in the last group of brackets. Hi Bees Good to learn something everyday but I can’t quite figure it out :smack: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/9 "2009-07-15T04:00:06Z")
1. Highlight and copy [Ctrl+C] the web address you want to use from the web page you want to reference in your post. 2. In your SDMB post, type the word or phrase descriptor you want to use describe the link you want to reference. EXAMPLE: Duran Duran 1. Highlight the descriptor you just typed in your post. 2. Click the Insert Link icon just above the text box of your post. It looks like a planet Earth with a chain link below it. This will bring up a pop-up box that says, “Please enter the URL of your link.” 3. In the space in the little pop-up box, paste your link [Ctrl+V]. 4. Click OK. Your coding should appear in your post. EXAMPLE: [Duran Duran](http://duranduran.com/) 1. Preview is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Chickenwrangler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chickenwrangler/32/91_2.png) [@Chickenwrangler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenwrangler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/10 "2009-07-15T04:44:57Z")
Cheers got that Old dog and new tricks thats me 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 15, 2009, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/11 "2009-07-15T10:40:23Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Nooooo! My chance to have successfully answered a GQ question before anyone else has been whisked away to ATMB. Now how am I ever going to become a full fledged member around here? ☹ Don’t fret. When the annals of this message board come to be writ large at some time in the dim and distant future, history will record (see chapter 37) that your response was submitted one minute earlier than **Colibri** ’s relocation of the thread. Nobody can ever take that away from you. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-including-urls-in-posts/503081/12 "2009-07-16T18:57:43Z")
You don’t have to type and highlight the description of the URL before clicking the link button. If you just hit the button and put the URL in the dialog box, the coding will be generated with the cursor positioned so that you can immediately type the description.