Editing links

Okay, this is pretty easy!

You need to code it yourself to get it to work, at least that's how I do it.

First you copy and paste the link into the post window

/forums/

Then you add the codes on either end and add the descriptive text you want. I've included spaces so you can see what I'm doing. You can only have spaces in the descriptive text area only, otherwise you break the code. 

[ url = /forums/ ]FineScale Forums[ /url ] only remove any spaces, and you get:

FineScale Forums 

Remember there can't be any spaces between the square brackets ([ ]) 

Forget using the hyperlink box (the chain link icon) which doesn't work like it's supposed to. Just try doing it all in the post window.

"Quote" my post to see how the coding really looks. 

Bgrigg wrote:

Okay, this is pretty easy! You need to code it yourself to get it to work, at least that's how I do it. First you copy and paste the link into the post window /forums/ Then you add the codes on either end and add the descriptive text you want. I've included spaces so you can see what I'm doing. You can only have spaces in the descriptive text area only, otherwise you break the code.  [ url = /forums/ ]FineScale Forums[ /url ] only remove any spaces, and you get: FineScale Forums  Remember there can't be any spaces between the square brackets ([ ])

Ahhh!  Once I right clicked on the link and chose the "unlink" option, it worked!  Thanks, I'll give it some more practice!

Yep, you have to "unlink" your pasted in url link before you you can text link to it.

Whooooo!