Long URL... how to re-size?

[ballistic]

I want to insert a link to a web page on a post, but the URL is too long and doesn't get recognised as a hypertext link.
I've seen others do it by replacing the actual URL with something like "link" or "here"
Can someone please explain this procedure?
Thanks in advance

 

[Dahoum]

you need Tinyurl you do

 

[Dahoum]

on second thoughts I think you need to :

a) copy the url you want to link to

b) start your reply and then highlight the word you want to turn the url into

c) hit the small world and clip symbol above the text insert box (see pic below)

d) paste the original url into the dialog box that opens

e) click OK

f) jobs a goodun

 

[ballistic]

You're a God, you are... thanks

 

[Slowdown]

Doing Dahoom's advice by hand is achieved by:

[url=http://www.ukgser.com]A link to UKGSER[/url]

will display as - A link to UKGSER

You can neatly made a 'clickable' photo by embedding an IMG command inside a URL command:-

[url=http://www.ukgser.com/forums][img]http://www.ukgser.com/forums/images/pagetops/UKGSertop222.gif[/img][/url]

Click on the image to go to ukgser:

Simples!

 

[ballistic]

Doing Dahoom's advice by hand is achieved by:

[url=http://www.ukgser.com]A link to UKGSER[/url]

will display as - A link to UKGSER

You can neatly made a 'clickable' photo by embedding an IMG command inside a URL command:-

[url=http://www.ukgser.com/forums][img]http://www.ukgser.com/forums/images/pagetops/UKGSertop222.gif[/img][/url]

Aren't we straying into geek territory here?

 

[Rong]

Can someone please explain this procedure?

YOU asked the question in a Computer Help thread what else did you expect?

 

[ballistic]

YOU asked the question in a Computer Help thread what else did you expect?

Yes, you're quite right... that's exactly what I should have expected

It, sort of, reminds me of a joke...

A helicopter pilot was flying near Seattle when a bank of fog rolled in. He wasn't able to see and couldn't tell where to go. Suddenly, an office building loomed out of the fog.

The pilot scribbled a sign and held it up to the people in the windows, asking: "Where am I?"

The office workers wrote a response: "You're in a helicopter."

The pilot then immediately changed course, flew away, and made a perfect landing at the nearest airport.

His passenger asked in shock, "How did you know where we were?"

The pilot explained: "Their answer, while technically correct, was also completely useless. So I knew we had to be at the technical support division at Microsoft headquarters."