posting long links

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posting long links

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we have all at one time or another posted a link to another page or another site that stretches the page far too wide. heres how to get round that......and name the link to whatever you want to call it.

the normal code for a link is ......

the link name

to do the above the code is changed like this

the link name]whatever you want to call it

important .....no spaces between code and words

thus http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/index.php

could be forum
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Post by cactuspolecat »

Thanks hob, that's handy info.

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Cool, I might end up more PC compatible with handy info like this.
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Post by hob »

decided to bring this back to the front page for reference as we have a few long links recently.
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Post by Plantcelot »

Thanks hob! Just what I needed, I just tried it and it works great :thumbup:
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Post by hob »

time to bump this again for new members :wink:
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Post by daiv »

hob wrote:time to bump this again for new members :wink:
Oh yeah. I'll make this sticky hob!
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Sweet thanks hob :pirate:
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ditto!!!
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Post by tvaughan »

Great info, but don't you just click on links no matter how long they are? Isn't it just as easy to click on long links as short? (I'm probably missing something as usual)
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Post by hob »

Tim that was written to prevent page stretching which messes up the format of the message board
like this.

http://photography.shop.ebay.co.uk/item ... m14?_pgn=5
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Post by daiv »

Hob is correct, a shorter link is also neater within a paragraph.
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Post by Moonbeam »

Good example Hob...as I scroll back and forth horizontally to read the loooong link.
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Re: posting long links

Post by Edwindwianto »

How do you make a link be opened in a new window?

I tried adding target=_blank after the url and it didn't work...
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