# URL posting as 'here' help **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 25, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744 "2000-07-25T06:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/21 "2000-07-27T01:58:06Z")
this is only a test, nothing more [Sample Sight](http://www.ixquick.com/) ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/22 "2000-07-27T02:01:26Z")
Yet another test with quotes. Nothing interesting, trust me. > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\* For instance, saying ‘here’ as oposed to reprinting the entire URL. I’ve asked this before and was directed to the vB code page. I’ve printed it, read it, and still can’t figure it out. I don’t understand what I’m missing but it’s something._\* Like [**Sample Sight**](http://www.ixquick.com/) ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/23 "2000-07-27T05:01:05Z")
Once again another test to see if preview works or not… [Guardian](http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/notesandqueries/category/0,5753,-2220,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/24 "2000-07-27T05:14:07Z")
another test to make sure, again nothing special And from the [SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=30964) this doesn’t show until you post it right? ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/25 "2000-07-27T07:21:12Z")
final try to make sure I understand this… tired of looking like joe jerkoff with my post. Again, nothing important, please ignore and then[Yahoo! news](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000727/ts/tech_napster_dc_8.html)is what ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/26 "2000-07-27T07:25:34Z")
final post, i hope then in [U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel](http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000727/ts/tech_napster_dc_8.html) you say ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/27 "2000-07-27T07:42:24Z")
test =http://comedyradio.net/act/monty/MontyPython-AlwaysLookOnTheBrightSideOfLife.html ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/28 "2000-07-27T07:43:46Z")
test [http://comedyradio.net/act/monty/MontyPython-AlwaysLookOnTheBrightSideOfLife.html](http://comedyradio.net/act/monty/MontyPython-AlwaysLookOnTheBrightSideOfLife.html) ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/29 "2000-07-27T07:44:51Z")
got it ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/30 "2000-07-28T14:06:03Z")
**[Don’t forget the link. Here’s how to post one, Part Next](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=25307)** ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/31 "2000-07-28T16:58:37Z")
Thanks Tshirts and those that answered earlier. Chris ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744/32 "2000-07-28T17:14:56Z")
OK, in the thread about marrying cousins, I included a ‘here’ link to a [http://www.findlaw.com](http://www.findlaw.com) page, and a j in the address was converted to a happyyid smiley–without an apparent colon or semicolon. Wow, did that look ugly–and the page went out to the right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/url-posting-as-here-help/26744.md?page=1)