Help with HTML

[BishopMVP]

Using the WYSIWYG Editor, how would I take a link - http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/littlefield.htm - and make it so it would just show up named as "here"? Thanks for the help.

[MIJB#19]

with (a href=link)here(/a)

replace ( with <
replace link with the complete URL
replace ) with >

which will give this: <a href=http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/littlefield.htm>here</a>

Is that what you were looking for?

[BishopMVP]

<a href=http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2...littlefield.htm>Here</a>

[MIJB#19]

you might want to quote my reply:)

[BishopMVP]

I guess not. I think the WYSIWYG editor messes up things somehow. I'll take a look further, because what the http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2...littlefield.htm links to is http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/<a - which should give a clue.

[BishopMVP]

with (a href=link)here(/a)

replace ( with <
replace link with the complete URL
replace ) with >

which will give this: here (http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/littlefield.htm)

Is that what you were looking for?
When I quote your reply, the link seems to still work, but it only shows up as here in the editor, so I can't figure out what the underlying code is and how I can use it without switching out of WYSIWYG.

[MIJB#19]

I see.
Still, me being unknown with the editor, to get the wanted result, it should get that done, right?

[BishopMVP]

Yeah, it works for this time, but I'd like to figure out how to do this without requiring either switching out of the editor or asking someone to do it for me every time I want to link something ;)

[Ben E Lou]

Don't use the html tags. Use the vbulletin tags "[" and "]". Those work with the editor.

[BishopMVP]

http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/littlefield.htm (Here)


Here

[Ben E Lou]

Don't use "href".

{url=http://etc...}HERE{/url}

Replace the "{" with "[" and the "}" with "]"

[BishopMVP]

Here (http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/littlefield.htm)

[Ben E Lou]

double-checking....

HERE (http://www.benelou.com)

[Ben E Lou]

yup...works fine

[BishopMVP]

HERE (http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2004/01/littlefield.htm/)

[BishopMVP]

I think I have it. Somehow copying the link from an earlier post in the thread was throwing it off I'm guessing.

Do you want to add this to the FAQ or do we already have somewhere linked from that thread for help with formatting?

[Ben E Lou]

Not really. The other way to do it is simply to select your text and hit the "insert link" button. If we have a lot of questions on this, I'll keep this thread in mind for a link.

[BishopMVP]

The other way to do it is simply to select your text and hit the "insert link" button.
So that's how you do it. I always wondered why there wasn't a second box in the "insert link" for the text you wanted. Is there a web page somewhere that explains all these little things for forums like these? It seems like every week someone says something where I feel like an idiot for not realizing these things sooner. ;) Thanks again for the help.

[Ben E Lou]

It seems like every week someone says something where I feel like an idiot for not realizing these things sooner. ;) Click on "FAQ" right above (between "User CP" and "Members List"), and you get to feel like an idiot again. :D