# test **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 13, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043 "2012-06-13T18:35:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/1 "2012-06-13T18:35:36Z")
[_Everything_is better with bacon.](http://http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=bacon%20sundae%20burger%20king&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CAkQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fall-we-can-eat%2Fpost%2Fburger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party%2F2012%2F06%2F13%2FgJQAIhDHaV_blog.html&ei=f9zYT4nyM6aJ6AGfqo22Aw&usg=AFQjCNE7mylVibTgd7i0msK-WBGDU7Rt8Q) ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/2 "2012-06-13T18:39:48Z")
Jamie - Why do you insist on using those Google links? They really suck for people who like to preview the link via the hover function since it doesn’t tell you where it’s actually going to. Edit to add: Also, the link you posted doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/3 "2012-06-13T18:40:28Z")
icles? I’m looking forward to the Carolina BBQ whopper and sweet potatoe fries. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/4 "2012-06-13T18:41:09Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Jamie - Why do you insist on using those Google links? They really suck for people who like to preview the link via the hover function since it doesn’t tell you where it’s actually going to. > Edit to add: > > Also, the link you posted doesn’t work. Can you give me a better option? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/5 "2012-06-13T18:42:08Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > [_Everything_is better with bacon.](http://http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=bacon%20sundae%20burger%20king&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CAkQqQIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fall-we-can-eat%2Fpost%2Fburger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party%2F2012%2F06%2F13%2FgJQAIhDHaV_blog.html&ei=f9zYT4nyM6aJ6AGfqo22Aw&usg=AFQjCNE7mylVibTgd7i0msK-WBGDU7Rt8Q) > [@](#): > > [http://http](http://http)://www.google.com… You doubled up the http:// part. That comes up by default when you add a link, so delete it before you paste in your link. It should come up highlighted, so if you right click on it and click paste it should replace that with your link. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/6 "2012-06-13T18:43:43Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Can you give me a better option? Uh, just do what everyone else does and provide the url of the site. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/7 "2012-06-13T18:44:18Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Can you give me a better option? Just copy the direct link you want to share and when you post, click on the little link symbol and paste the link into the box. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/8 "2012-06-13T18:54:50Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Can you give me a better option? You want to link to this site: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/burger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party/2012/06/13/gJQAIhDHaV\_blog.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/burger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party/2012/06/13/gJQAIhDHaV_blog.html) You can use url tags to add links to your posts - typing (without the spaces I’m adding here) [url = [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/burger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party/2012/06/13/gJQAIhDHaV\_blog.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/burger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party/2012/06/13/gJQAIhDHaV_blog.html)]link[/ url] gives you this result: [link](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/burger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party/2012/06/13/gJQAIhDHaV_blog.html). I think you can quote a post that contains a link to see the vb code as well. Try it with this one. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/9 "2012-06-13T18:59:59Z")
[Like this?](http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=ce270d38103a630c3181db372a25a052&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D15164161%23post15164161&v=1&libid=1339613855590&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fall-we-can-eat%2Fpost%2Fburger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party%2F2012%2F06%2F13%2FgJQAIhDHaV_blog.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D15164223&title=test%20-%20Straight%20Dope%20Message%20Board&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2F...DHaV_blog.html&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13396139147283) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/10 "2012-06-13T19:02:31Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > [Like this?](http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=ce270d38103a630c3181db372a25a052&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D15164161%23post15164161&v=1&libid=1339613855590&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fall-we-can-eat%2Fpost%2Fburger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party%2F2012%2F06%2F13%2FgJQAIhDHaV_blog.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D15164223&title=test%20-%20Straight%20Dope%20Message%20Board&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2F...DHaV_blog.html&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13396139147283) No, now you’ve got the Straight Dope adlink crap embedded in there. Go to whatever site you want to link to, click on the url box in your browser and hit ctrl-C. Then paste that as the link, using either the little link function or just as text. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/11 "2012-06-13T19:04:20Z")
This is harder than it was to teach my now-deceased grandmother to use her VCR. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/12 "2012-06-13T19:48:54Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > [Like this?](http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=ce270d38103a630c3181db372a25a052&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D15164161%23post15164161&v=1&libid=1339613855590&out=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2Fall-we-can-eat%2Fpost%2Fburger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party%2F2012%2F06%2F13%2FgJQAIhDHaV_blog.html&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D15164223&title=test%20-%20Straight%20Dope%20Message%20Board&txt=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fblogs%2F...DHaV_blog.html&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13396139147283) No. Click your link above. Copy THAT URL that you’re directed to. (Your browser has a URL address bar, right?) Now use that URL. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/13 "2012-06-13T20:19:12Z")
If this is a test, I’d be concerned about the weekly Friday pop quizzes. They account for 50 percent of your final grade. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/14 "2012-06-13T21:23:32Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > No. > > Click your link above. Copy THAT URL that you’re directed to. (Your browser has a URL address bar, right?) Now use that URL. [Like this?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=655131) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/15 "2012-06-13T21:31:07Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > No. > > Click your link above. Copy THAT URL that you’re directed to. (Your browser has a URL address bar, right?) Now use that URL. That’s what I do. I go to the site I want to link to and then copy the address from my browsers address bar and then paste it into the post. Like this: > **[I Can Has Cheezburger?](https://icanhas.cheezburger.com/)** > > World's largest collection of cat memes and other animals ---
**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:** [June 13, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/16 "2012-06-13T22:24:50Z")
Or also [like this](http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl). ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/17 "2012-06-13T23:26:46Z")
Can I [play](http://www.abebooks.com/) too? I’ve somehow made it this far without learning how to do this… ETA: Woohoo! It [worked](http://chinesefood.about.com/od/poultryreceo/r/garlicchicken.htm)! ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/18 "2012-06-13T23:40:41Z")
Some people don’t have an address bar, or know what it is, why they should turn it on, or how. Some people think the only way you can get to a web site is by entering the URL in the google search window. Those two explain many things in the world today. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/19 "2012-06-13T23:53:39Z")
> [@eclectic\_wench](#): > > ETA: Woohoo! It [worked](http://chinesefood.about.com/od/poultryreceo/r/garlicchicken.htm)! [Off topic] Actually, that recipe looks pretty good. I was wondering what to make for dinner tonight. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043/20 "2012-06-14T00:58:03Z")
[Dammit, this one’s _gotta_ be right…](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/all-we-can-eat/post/burger-king-joins-the-bacon-ice-cream-party/2012/06/13/gJQAIhDHaV_blog.html) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test/625043.md?page=2)