Basic help needed
- Acousticplayer
- Joined: Tue 17 Nov, 2009 12:51
- Posts: 38
- Location: Leicester
Basic help needed
Hello all.I`m new to the forum,trying to source a 2.8.Been to see one today and posted my first thread on The Stock Exchange.Tried to post a link to Autotrader but it did not work.I copied and pasted the url and it appeared in the text but in black print so would not link to site. Garrythefish kindly posted a link for me.Thank you.Can anyone tell me what I did wrong or failed to do right. Thank you.
You seem to have clicked the URL button and then pasted the link in and got:
<b>[u</b>http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... %20z3<b>rl].[/url]</b>
whereas what you needed was:
<b>[url]</b>http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... bmw%20z3<b>[/url]</b>
See how the [url] and [/url] are paired round the address.
What Mr TheFish did was:
<b>[url=</b>http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... bmw%20z3<b>]</b>clicky<b>[/url]</b>
Which shortens the link dramatically, giving:
<a href="http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... >clicky</a>
instead of
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... 20bmw%20z3
I have highlighted in bold the bits that matter.
Cheers R.
<b>[u</b>http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... %20z3<b>rl].[/url]</b>
whereas what you needed was:
<b>[url]</b>http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... bmw%20z3<b>[/url]</b>
See how the [url] and [/url] are paired round the address.
What Mr TheFish did was:
<b>[url=</b>http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... bmw%20z3<b>]</b>clicky<b>[/url]</b>
Which shortens the link dramatically, giving:
<a href="http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... >clicky</a>
instead of
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/search/resu ... 20bmw%20z3
I have highlighted in bold the bits that matter.
Cheers R.
Arctic Silver '99 Z3 1.9 & Black '59 Frogeye 1275cc
- Acousticplayer
- Joined: Tue 17 Nov, 2009 12:51
- Posts: 38
- Location: Leicester
Basic help needed
Thanks Robert,I think I`ve now got it!