# Posting links **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 22, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315 "2002-10-22T00:55:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/1 "2002-10-22T00:55:47Z")
For some reason, I’ve been having trouble lately getting my links to work. Specifically, the links look fine as I type them in but when actually clicking on them - either in preview or later in the actual post - the url of the SDMB gets added to the front of the address, which means that the link doesn’t work. (If you then select the address and delete the leading SDMB url it will get you there). An example of this is in my recent post to the White Nationalist thread in GD (posted a few minutes ago). What is causing this, and how do I get around it? My apologies if this has been asked before. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/2 "2002-10-22T02:25:52Z")
When you include a link, make sure that you leave in the http:// part. ---
**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/3 "2002-10-22T13:01:25Z")
I did. Here’s the post I referred to. And I see on preview that my link here has the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/4 "2002-10-22T16:58:19Z")
” ” ” ” ” ” = your quotation marks " " " " " " = vBulletin’s preferred quotation marks “ “ “ “ “ “ = alt+0147 ” ” ” ” ” ” = alt+0148 You’re using the wrong quotation marks. All of yours, both opening and closing are the ASCII character alt+0148. ---
**Author:** ![IzzyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@IzzyR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IzzyR)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/5 "2002-10-22T17:40:22Z")
Thank you, UncleBeer! Do you happen to know what causes it? (I did not type alt+0148. Though I may have typed it in another program and pasted). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/6 "2002-10-22T18:58:48Z")
IzzyR - that happens to me in programs (such as Microsoft Word) where I type in the link, and the program default is to change “dumb” quotes to “smart” quotes. You must have typed it in another program and then pasted. I can see that because you also have a smart quote in your post in “Here’s”. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/7 "2002-10-22T22:33:12Z")
> [@](#): > > IzzyR - that happens to me in programs (such as Microsoft Word) where I type in the link, and the program default is to change “dumb” quotes to “smart” quotes. Yup. Does it every time. Damned low-grade annoyance is what it is. One a these days I’ll figure out how to turn it off. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/8 "2002-10-24T20:19:59Z")
I would also add here that you don’t need to put any quotes around the address in the {url} code. eg {url=http://www.foo.com}link{/url} will work fine, as will {url="[http://www.foo.com](http://www.foo.com)}link{/url}. (with square brackets, obviously. I never use the quote marks. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/9 "2002-10-24T20:20:27Z")
I would also add here that you don’t need to put any quotes around the address in the {url} code. eg {url=http://www.foo.com}link{/url} will work fine, as will {url=“[http://www.foo.com](http://www.foo.com)”}link{/url}. (with square brackets, obviously. I never use the quote marks. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/10 "2002-10-24T23:04:46Z")
Indeed. The quotes _used_ to be required in the previous version of VB, but now all they can possibly do is screw you over. OTOH, at least this version of VB fixed the preview/title/quote bug. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-links/133315/11 "2002-10-25T00:54:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by r\_k \* > \*\*I would also add here that you don’t need to put any quotes around the address in the {url} code. > > eg {url=http://www.foo.com}link{/url} will work fine, as will {url=“[http://www.foo.com](http://www.foo.com)”}link{/url}. (with square brackets, obviously. > > I never use the quote marks. \*\* Really? You don’t _have_ to use [quote] ([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=140609](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=140609)) marks anymore? Hey! It works!