Post by Josh on Oct 7, 2005 16:48:22 GMT -5
Time for some slightly more advanced tips! This time I'll show you how to link your favorite website to any thread. Please remember that all tags go inside [ ] brackets. I will use { } so they print correctly for my examples.
Remember from Quick Board Tips that message boards use formatting tags similar to HTML tags. Getting a URL tag is the same. Let's say I want to post a link to Google, my favorite search engine. Here's what you'll see:
Please visit www.google.com for all your search needs.
Here's the code I used:
Note the {url} tags. I open {url} to tell the browser "Hey! This is where the web address starts!" and I close {/url} to say "Yo! This is where the web address stops". Now, that example is quick and easy but we know we can make it look nicer. So instead I'll show:
Please visit Google for all your search needs.
Here's the code I used there:
Note how much the second code looks like the first. The only difference is I put the actual web address inside the tag like this: {url=blahblahblah.com} That way I can put a nice description as the target for the {url} tags. I'll show you again with a generic example.
{url=http://www.genericexample.com} Generic Example's website!{/url}
Will look like this: Generic Example's website!
Got it? Good! Now you can link your favorite websites to any thread here on the board. Go ahead, show off your surfing prowess.
Remember from Quick Board Tips that message boards use formatting tags similar to HTML tags. Getting a URL tag is the same. Let's say I want to post a link to Google, my favorite search engine. Here's what you'll see:
Please visit www.google.com for all your search needs.
Here's the code I used:
Please visit [url]http://www.google.com[/url] for all your search needs. Note the {url} tags. I open {url} to tell the browser "Hey! This is where the web address starts!" and I close {/url} to say "Yo! This is where the web address stops". Now, that example is quick and easy but we know we can make it look nicer. So instead I'll show:
Please visit Google for all your search needs.
Here's the code I used there:
Please visit [url=http://www.google.com]Google[/url] for all your search needs. Note how much the second code looks like the first. The only difference is I put the actual web address inside the tag like this: {url=blahblahblah.com} That way I can put a nice description as the target for the {url} tags. I'll show you again with a generic example.
{url=http://www.genericexample.com} Generic Example's website!{/url}
Will look like this: Generic Example's website!
Got it? Good! Now you can link your favorite websites to any thread here on the board. Go ahead, show off your surfing prowess.
