Can someone please explain, in laymans terms, what you do to insert hyperlinks in your blogs.
For some of us it is a mystery.
Thank you.
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Paul, You have 2 choices depending on how you are posting your blog.
1. in the What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor, the 5th icon from the left looks like a link of chain. Highlight the text you wish to use as a link and click the icon. A hyperlink text box will open. Type the URL you are linking to after the http:// and a description in the title box. The description will show up when someone mouses over your link.
2. If you are posting your blog using the HTML box you have to make use of the <a href> tag
a link would look like this:<a href="http://www.example.com" title="test" target="_blank">link text</a>
The active rain post box does not make changes for you between wysiwyg and html automatically so using the HTML may give you trouble. It may be easier for you to write your postings using 3rd party software something like Namo web editor is fairly cheap and makes the changes for you automatically. You would be able to create links, format text, etc and then just cut and paste the HTML into. If you want to add pictures you could use photobucket.
Paul, back before they came up Dreamweaver and all these great WYSIWYG editors you had to know HTML, and since then lots of trial and error, emphasis on the error! Now that I have found AR though there have been a few great people who have helped me with questions so it seemed only fair to spread the love.
P.S. There are a lot of great posts by people who know a whole lot more than me in the Newbie Group
One simple way is using open document format editors like Star office or IBM's Lotus Symphony (which is free). If you write your posts in that format, and copy it into your editor, it will create the link for you. But Rob dealt with the most common ways.
Paul Jeremy
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Paul, You have 2 choices depending on how you are posting your blog.
1. in the What you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) editor, the 5th icon from the left looks like a link of chain. Highlight the text you wish to use as a link and click the icon. A hyperlink text box will open. Type the URL you are linking to after the http:// and a description in the title box. The description will show up when someone mouses over your link.
2. If you are posting your blog using the HTML box you have to make use of the <a href> tag
a link would look like this:<a href="http://www.example.com" title="test" target="_blank">link text</a>
The active rain post box does not make changes for you between wysiwyg and html automatically so using the HTML may give you trouble. It may be easier for you to write your postings using 3rd party software something like Namo web editor is fairly cheap and makes the changes for you automatically. You would be able to create links, format text, etc and then just cut and paste the HTML into. If you want to add pictures you could use photobucket.
Hope this helps.