Ok, I have a few easy to answer questions for the veteran dopers.
How do you create a link in your thread that looks like “Link” instead of “http://www.link.com/655.html” ?
Why did I create an entire thread for this single question?
OOPS! I could have sworn there was more stuff I wanted to know. It seemed like a better idea when I created it.
Sorry! 
What a disaster!!! I put quotes around my topic. It was supposed to be called.
Phlips “How the heck do you do that” thread.
How embarrassing.
I would say the easiest thing to do to learn how to do that link thing is find any post with one in it, then press “Quote” to see the inner workings, and just follow the example set forth within.
not to mention posting in the wrong forum.
to do the word thing, use {url=“entercodehere”}word{/url} only replace the { } with
[url=“http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb”]The Straight Dope[/url]
And double quotes (“these”) in thread titles cause problems if you preview. No one seems to know exactly why, that’s just the way it is.
And ATMB is really the forum for questions About This Message Board.
Dammit, I thought this was gonna be a thread for flaming muliple people named Phlip. Now I’m unfulfilled, and it’s all your fault.
No, it’s for mouths that have been tested for their acid or base strength.
Philip,
Let me clue you in on what has stopped me from looking like an idiot at least once. (I find many, many ways of looking like an idiot, but I attempt to avoid the easy ones.)
first, post stuff in the right forum. Basic “how do I do this?” “What is meant by XXX on the board?” questions can be posted in About This Message Board.
Second, even better is the search function for the ATMB forum. Many people have already answered the basic stuff and it can all be found by hitting the little search icon at the top right hand side fo your screen.
Hope that helps!
Regardless of the strength…
All your base (and acid) are…
Ow, hey quit throwing stuff.
Louie’s thread on Vb codes explained is an excellent reference. I recommend it highly.
Also, if you ever see someone else using a coding trick that you would like to try, you can always use the quote button to observe how they did their coding.
BTW, Welcome.
Or, you can go to the top of the screen (when replying) or the bottom of the screen (when reading a thread) and click the “vB code is On” link. That tells you all kinds of nifty stuff.
Shifting this to ATMB.
Methods of circumventing the double quotes bug are given here.
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