# Rename link insert - how?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 3, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833 "2008-09-03T05:59:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833/1 "2008-09-03T05:59:22Z")

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I know how to make a link by cut and paste, but what I need to learn (again) is how to rename the link, for example I post a link to [www.crankyolddude.com](http://www.crankyolddude.com) and I want to name it “This is our next president”. I hope that makes sense, and trust me when I say I searched for this but couldn’t find anything (let’s blame the new server). Many thanks for helping a cranky old doper.

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**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833/2 "2008-09-03T06:17:08Z")

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{[url=www.crankyolddude.com](http://url=www.crankyolddude.com)}This is our next president.{/url}

Except replace {} with

This is our next president.

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**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 3, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833/3 "2008-09-03T07:27:51Z")

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The other thing you can do in the Advanced Reply box is write the text you want as the link, then select the text, and click the icon that looks like a “globe with chain” which you add the URL into. That will convert the text into a working link.

[Testing a link](http://www.straightdope.com/) to make sure I’m right.

And I am.

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**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:** [September 3, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833/4 "2008-09-03T23:18:46Z")

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> [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](#):
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> {[url=www.crankyolddude.com](http://url=www.crankyolddude.com)}This is our next president.{/url}
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> Except replace {} with
> 
> This is our next president.

Next time you post vB code, just use the new [noparse][noparse][/noparse] thingie.

[noparse]This is our next president.[/noparse]

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**Author:** ![Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Sophistry\_and\_Illusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophistry_and_Illusion)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2008, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rename-link-insert-how/461833/5 "2008-09-04T05:57:45Z")

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> [@rowrrbazzle](#):
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> Next time you post vB code, just use the new [noparse][noparse][/noparse] thingie.
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> [noparse]This is our next president.[/noparse]

Ooh, I learned two new tricks in this thread.