# Two problems ~ Again! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 15, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467 "2001-11-15T05:08:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467/1 "2001-11-15T05:08:07Z")
First I can’t remember how to do all the different smileys. The ones that are universal throughout the world, like the regular smiley, the sad smiley and the winking smiley I’ve got. It’s the ones that use colons ~: to work that I can’t keep straight. Second, how do I do a hyperlink in a post? Instead of having a URL (i.e. http:\blah blah blah) I’d like to be able to put a word or phrase that links to a website. I hate not knowing how to do stuff on here that I can do other places. UGH! ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467/2 "2001-11-15T05:39:19Z")
UGH! By using my brain and checking the faq instead of trying to do a search I found the wonderful smiley list. YEAH!! But I’m still confused on the hyperlink stuff. Mods? Anybody? Really smart person who does this all the time? ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467/3 "2001-11-15T05:44:08Z")
My friend…I have JUST the thing for you…see forthwith: [url =“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88156](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88156)”]this[/url] If you ignore the space before the = sign at the beginning and also the space before the /url near then end, that will do it. If you hover over the quote icon at the bottom of a post, it will give you the post id number. I hope that helps? ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467/4 "2001-11-15T05:45:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xploder \* > \*\*My friend…I have JUST the thing for you…see forthwith: > > [url =“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88156](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88156)”]this[/url] > > If you ignore the space before the = sign at the beginning and also the space before the /url near then end, that will do it. If you hover over the quote icon at the bottom of a post, it will give you the post id number. > I hope that helps? \*\* By way of example…the above is…[this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=88156) ---
**Author:** ![Xploder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a183cd/32.png) [@Xploder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xploder)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467/5 "2001-11-15T05:46:43Z")
Obviously, you can substitute ANY damn word you want for “this”. Just follow the same general outline of what I did. ---
**Author:** ![Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Sweet\_Sota\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweet_Sota_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-problems-again/93467/6 "2001-11-15T05:47:21Z")
**Xploder,** you are _AWESOME_!!!