Jonzjob Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 A short while back I actually made a huge leap forward and discovered the way to create a link that is clickable. I know there are a lot of us who don't know how easy it is, so if you have a look at the post by our lovely Clair ?? It shows you how [8-|] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 The snag appears when trying to do that using a tablet as the row of options available to click when using a PC or laptop are just not there !Ditto when quoting from a previous post ... when a stream of gobbledygook appears and renders the proposed post unreadable.Not that I am complaining you understand, just explaining ☺.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 This forum is written for IE - not all of us are slaves to Microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pomme Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I use Chrome as my main browser on my PC running Win 7; I do not get the tool bar. I've just checked with my other installed browsers:I don't get the toolbar using Opera 29 (which is now based on Chrome). I don't get the tool bar using Internet Explorer 11.I do get the tool bar if I use Firefox 38.I suspect the problem of missing clickable links and garbled quoted messages will continue for all non-Firefox users until the forum software is upgraded to a later version which works with all current web browsers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 "I suspect the problem of missing clickable links and garbled quoted messages will continue for all non-Firefox users until the forum software is upgraded to a later version which works with all current web browsers."Or everyone sees the light and uses Firefox [6] and gets a Mac [:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 https://uk.yahoo.com/Thanks.............Just tried and it works, this is just yahoo's home page, nothing interesting. I use linux debian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSV Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 [quote user="pomme"] the forum software is upgraded to a later version [/quote][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbie Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 [quote user="pomme"]I use Chrome as my main browser on my PC running Win 7; I do not get the tool bar. I've just checked with my other installed browsers:I don't get the toolbar using Opera 29 (which is now based on Chrome). I don't get the tool bar using Internet Explorer 11.I do get the tool bar if I use Firefox 38.I suspect the problem of missing clickable links and garbled quoted messages will continue for all non-Firefox users until the forum software is upgraded to a later version which works with all current web browsers.[/quote]I am using IE11 and I get the toolbar. Quoted remarks seem to work as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Not a problem, just paste your link and then wrap it in tags like below (remove the leading spaces, they are there to make the tags visible which they wouldn't be otherwise)In front [ URL]your link here[ \url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephbaker Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Thank you so much! That is so true. I just downloaded firefox and there is a very different reply toolbar there when chrome gives you none. This is so frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I tend to embed a 'url' in a word within my text as some addresses can be inordinately long. An example being the Google link to 'scieiers' in the post on wooden floors.To achieve this I will highlight the word I wish to use or insert a specific word, eg. 'Here'. Once it has been highlighted I select - Color then Blue.Highlight the specific word again and then paste the address into the 'make link live' icon in the toolbar then press OK. Slightly longer procedure but does eliminate gobldygook from within a post.To StephBaker 'Boston'. Welcome, and to add, they were one of the greatest rock bands of my generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 WeatherThank you for that, Cajal. Never too old to learn![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted December 27, 2018 Author Share Posted December 27, 2018 If you like that Cajal then try this andENJOY!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 [quote user="nomoss"]WeatherThank you for that, Cajal. Never too old to learn![:D][/quote]You're welcome.Now, I don't know whether you post on other forums or not. If you do and would like to present links, as your example above, on a forum which does not host a url link icon as Living France does then the following should enable you to do so.Taking your Weather as an example.Firstly copy the address of the site/page/item you wish to link to and paste it in the reply box you are active in.Hence: http://www.meteofrance.com/Then add an open [?url] to the start of the address and a close [/url] at the end of the address. I added the ? mark within the open url to enable the urls to be visible when you read this.( Do Not Include a ? when you want to make an address live.)[url]http://www.meteofrance.com[/url] is now live.However if you want to present this link as Weather this is the procedure to adopt.Start by doing everthing above and then edit the link as follows:1st - Delete the righthand bracket of the 'open' url and replace with an = sign, eg [?url=. (Do Not Include a ?. It is only there to enable you to see the url command.2nd - Insert a close bracket, ] directly before the lefthand bracket of the 'close' url,eg ][/url].3rd - Either copy the word Weather and paste it between the two opposing brackets][ or place your cursor between the two opposing brackets ][ and type Weather. et voilà[url=http://www.meteofrance.com]Weather[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I printed out some instructions for using BBCode on forums in 2004, but about the only thing I remember without consulting them is how to make a "clickable" URL.Thanks again for reminding me of more elegant ways [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajal Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 [quote user="Jonzjob"]If you like that Cajal then try this andENJOY!!!!! [/quote]Good call John. It was the best selling debut album of any band at that time in the US. Tom Scholtz tricked Epic records into thinking it was being recorded in studios in LA. It was however recorded with Scholtz playing most of the instruments and overdubed with the voice of Brad Delp, on completion, in the basement of his house in Massachusetts.I saw them perform live in '79, in the UK, at Finsbury Park Astoria and the band I was with were double billed with them in Phoenix in '82.Great times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Shame none of those (which I've happily used on other forums over the years) work on an iPad or on my phone. And profuse apologies to people who have to c&p the odd rare link I do post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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