Ben Alder Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Trying a link http://www.rmweb.co....__fromsearch__1 here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod5 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Looks like it worked Ben. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted May 27, 2012 Author Share Posted May 27, 2012 Yep, still getting the hang of this place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Another go a link- http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5648402951/in/set-72157626440055275 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwit Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hijack Alert! (With apologies to Ben). Once upon a time I used to be able to post a link as a word, which came up in blue and was underlined, - there was a facility in the toolbar thing above for just that. On this version I can't seem to be able to do that, however I notice that other, cleverer folk can. Can one of those smarter folk explain how to do that please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 I'm certainly not one of them- I copied the idea from here- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/56897-posting-links-on-the-forum/ HTH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 One basic method, there are others. Write the text, then copy the required URL from the other address bar in another browser window. Select/highlight the required words, press the link button in the editor (the one that looks like a chain) and paste the URL into the dialog box. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod4 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Another go a link- http://www.flickr.co...157626440055275 Ben Link is fine. Also some Flicker accounts allow for hot linking to the image which will mean the image will also display on the post here. This is one of the few times where such linking is in agreement with the image rights holder on Flicker and therefore is within copyright rules. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted August 7, 2012 Author Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thanks for the reply.I wasn't sure about the copyright implications re. linking like this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hijack Alert! (With apologies to Ben). Once upon a time I used to be able to post a link as a word, which came up in blue and was underlined, - there was a facility in the toolbar thing above for just that. On this version I can't seem to be able to do that, however I notice that other, cleverer folk can. Can one of those smarter folk explain how to do that please? Try the following: [url=http://...(the url of your link)]The blue highlighted text[/url] So as an example in Ben's status text - perhaps Far North Line - my current layout build which in the editor looks like: [url=http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/49767-the-far-north-line/]Far North Line - my current layout build[/url] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwit Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Fantastic Workbench Thanks K., I think I might have cracked it (after 3 attempts). (Note to self - cut + paste the link then modify as above.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
halfwit Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Unfinished nonsense And thanks Nick. (Another note to self - write word, highlight, copy link into chain thing and go...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 As Nick said, there are other ways - I don't have a chain to pull, so have to remember and use the written word. Either way as long as you get there in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 [url=http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/49767-the-far-north-line/]Far North Line - my current layout build[/url] I can't get that inline syntax working for external links. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted August 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2012 I can't get that inline syntax working for external links. Hi, Try putting the URL in quotes: [url="http://templot.com"]Templot[/url] Templot Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Far North Line - my current layout build Seems to work fine here - should not require quotes unless the url contains odd non ascii characters - or if the url works in your browser then it should work inside the BBCode tags.The link in my sig is external and is coded the same way A common mistake is including a space or forgetting the closing bracket ']' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 The presence/absence of quotes wasn't my problem. The reason I couldn't get it to work last night was because of the inclusion of an internal anchor reference in the url. Specifically, http://clag.org.uk/4...tml#figure56]an example figure[/url] (without quotes) or http://clag.org.uk/4...ml#figure56"]an example figure[/url] (with quotes), the url in this case being: http://clag.org.uk/41-0rev.html#figure56 I regard # (the 'number character') as normal ascii. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted August 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2012 Hi, Your link works fine for me: [url=http://clag.org.uk/41-0rev.html#figure56]clag link[/url] clag link Probably the reason you had a problem is that your clipboard contained some additional HTML formatting on the link (in this HTML5 editor you can paste in working links and chunks of web pages by direct copying from any web page). It's a good idea always to paste a URL into Windows Notepad and then copy it again. That way you can be sure that you are pasting only plain text into this editor. regards, Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Thanks Martin. You're right. I was trying to keep plain text being inserted into the editor, but obviously failing. It's not obvious exactly what is being contained in the post preview - the input parser is trying to be far too clever for its own sake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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