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Pimpala03 Moderator Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 10755 Location: Union Parish, Louisiana	Posted: Mon 15-Jan-2007 00:33    Post subject: How to make clickable links. Please use this when posting a link that is longer than the screen is wide. (ebay links, etc) I am not a moderator. These are just my suggestions to make things better. Simple example: eLightbars.org Code: [url=http://www.elightbars.org]eLightbars.org[/url] Long URL made short: Click here. Code: [url=http://www.verylongwiderthanthescreenoverlyannoyinglongdrawnoutextralargeurl.com]Click here.[/url] Pictures as links: Code: [url=http://www.elightbars.org][img]http://www.elightbars.org/images/global/logo_elightbars_forum_01.jpg[/img][/url] Another good courtesy is that if you are posting a picture... if it's wider than the screen (>800x600) just post the link. If it fits (<800x600) on the screen post as img and not a link. When quoting pictures, put the URL of the picture instead of the actual picture. This is especially helpful if the picture is large.
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Andre Regular Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 87 Location: New England	Posted: Tue 2-Oct-2007 21:35    Post subject: Re: How to make clickable links. How do you make the link so that when you click on it, it brings you to a particular part of a page, say half way down?? Andre [quote:30575af0b6=\"Pimpala03\"]Please use this when posting a link that is longer than the screen is wide. (ebay links, etc) I am not a moderator. These are just my suggestions to make things better. Simple example: eLightbars.org Code: [url=http://www.elightbars.org]eLightbars.org[/url] Long URL made short: Click here. Code: [url=http://www.verylongwiderthanthescreenoverlyannoyinglongdrawnoutextralargeurl.com]Click here.[/url] Pictures as links: Code: [url=http://www.elightbars.org][img]http://www.elightbars.org/images/global/logo_elightbars_forum_01.jpg[/img][/url] Another good courtesy is that if you are posting a picture... if it's wider than the screen (>800x600) just post the link. If it fits (<800x600) on the screen post as img and not a link. When quoting pictures, put the URL of the picture instead of the actual picture. This is especially helpful if the picture is large.

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Posted: Tue 2-Oct-2007 23:19    Post subject:
Any particular one you are referencing? Some sites have built in flags for page navigating... Every post here on the board has a URL that when that URL is entered into a browser brings you directly to the post.

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Posted: Wed 3-Oct-2007 08:47    Post subject:
To further expand on Pimp's reply, it will only work on webpages that are coded for this functionality. The only way to really tell if this has been done on a page is to view the source code and look for an attribute called name. Most forum software does this automatically. Code: <a name=\"210838\"></a><b>Andre</b> Is in the source code for this webpage, immediately before your post. This can be appended to the pages URL after a # sign to make a clickable link right to your post: http://www.elightbars.org/bb/how-to-make-clickable-links-vt18858.html#210838 ********** As to the original topic of images, the default 'message box' size is around 600 pixels wide, so anything larger than around 590 pixels in width is going to make the forum wider (and scroll horizontally for those at 640x480). Why not shrink your images down to <600 and make them a link to a larger format image. Helps the dial-ups also

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Posted: Sat 16-Feb-2008 16:54    Post subject:
I was wondering how to do this..... Thanks!

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Posted: Thu 28-Aug-2008 12:34    Post subject:
I know this is old.. but the URL button under the avatars does the link to a specific post very easily.

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Posted: Thu 28-Aug-2008 16:08    Post subject: Re:
[quote:05ddf11e44=\"Robert W.\"]I know this is old.. but the URL button under the avatars does the link to a specific post very easily.

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Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 19:44    Post subject:
What about an email link. I have tried the \"mailto:\" (shown below) way with no luck. <a href=\"mailto:cbourke@rochester.rr.com\">Email</a>

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Posted: Sun 26-Oct-2008 20:14    Post subject: Re:
[quote:add83881cd=\"cbourke\"]What about an email link. I have tried the \"mailto:\" (shown below) way with no luck. <a href=\"mailto:cbourke@rochester.rr.com\">Email</a>

No, that is HTML, which is not allowed to be embedded. Just put the email address and the forum will change it into a clickable link. See:

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