How do you create a url to a thread, with the url linked to a word or phrase?
For example:
“See this thread.” The reader clicks on the word “this” and is sent to the url.
Crash (BOB member since 2004-04-27)
How do you create a url to a thread, with the url linked to a word or phrase?
For example:
“See this thread.” The reader clicks on the word “this” and is sent to the url.
Crash (BOB member since 2004-04-27)
I’m disabling BBCode in this post so you can see.
If you want to post a BOB topic/individual post, you go to that one and copy it to your clipboard.
Then, here in the post box, you can type the text-to-be-seen and surround it with the BBCode for URLs: text-to-be-seen
You have to edit the “[url]” tag to give it the hyperlink to use:
You can either:
1.) type the begin-tag and end-tag yourself, before and after the text-to-be-seen, or
2.) Click the URL button, then type the text-to-be-seen, then click the URL button again, or
3.) type the text-to-be-seen, and then highlight it, and then click the URL button – it will surround the highlighted text with both the begin-tag and the end-tag.
Anita Craig (BOB member since 2002-06-17)
Thes time, I’m enabling BBCode in this post (by making sure there’s no checkmark in “Disable BBCode in this post”), and the rest is identical.
If you want to post a BOB topic/individual post, you go to that one and copy it to your clipboard.
Then, here in the post box, you can type the text-to-be-seen and surround it with the BBCode for URLs: text-to-be-seen
You have to edit the “[url]” tag to give it the hyperlink to use:
You can either:
1.) type the begin-tag and end-tag yourself, before and after the text-to-be-seen, or
2.) Click the URL button, then type the text-to-be-seen, then click the URL button again, or
3.) type the text-to-be-seen, and then highlight it, and then click the URL button – it will surround the highlighted text with both the begin-tag and the end-tag.
Anita Craig (BOB member since 2002-06-17)
I have a question related to this thread: How can I create a link DIRECTLY to a particular posting reply?
For example, I’d like to do something like this…
…and have it go directly to my (“cjweis”) reply. Is there some querystring parameter I can use (instead of the fake “replyid” I made up)?
Thanks!
Chris
cjweis (BOB member since 2003-10-02)
Hey Chris.
Great question!!
When you are looking at a post, there is a little icon on the top on the left. It’s right next to the “Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2004 5:01 pm”.
Click that little icon and the URL in your address bar will give you EXACTLY what you are looking for.
Steve Krandel (BOB member since 2002-06-25)
You rock Steve! Thanks!
cjweis (BOB member since 2003-10-02)
Alternatively what I do is right-click on the icon that Steve mentioned and use the Copy Shortcut option. Then I can paste that information into the post that I am working on. For example…
How can you keep a BusinessObjects consultant entertained for hours?
Dave Rathbun (BOB member since 2002-06-06)
Cool, nothing but continuous improvement here at BOB!
cjweis (BOB member since 2003-10-02)
Ah, that’s always been there. You (and probably most of the other 7,000 members) just didn’t know it at the time. 8)
Dave Rathbun (BOB member since 2002-06-06)
I was referring to your improvement on Steve’s solution
cjweis (BOB member since 2003-10-02)
I didn’t know you could do that. Wow!
Steve Krandel (BOB member since 2002-06-25)
I smell sarcasm…
cjweis (BOB member since 2003-10-02)
No. Actually, I didn’t know you could do that. I’ll use it.
Steve Krandel (BOB member since 2002-06-25)