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I've noticed a couple of instances tonight of links to other sites being used in posts where the URL linked to is very long. This causes the page width to be extended in some browsers and makes the whole topic page very difficult to view. There are several ways to avoid this phenomena - and to make your post look much more professional as well.
Some folk like to use
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to create nice short links from URLs and this method is fine if you prefer it, however there is an even better way to do it straight from the MHF interface as you type your post. For those of you who don't know how to do it, follow the instructions below. Apologies to those who already use the method - I'm not trying to teach you how to suck eggs, just helping those new members who haven't found the trick yet.
Type your message as usual and at the point where you want to insert the link, select the "insert URL" icon above the text window (4th from left, bottom row). This opens a dialogue box where you can then paste the URL of the page you want to link to. Another dialogue box will then open asking for the page name. Type in the text you want to appear on your post (LOOK HERE for example) and press OK. Press preview to check it's correct, then submit.
You may all have noticed some subtle changes to the home page which can result in long post titles and user names being truncated. This is an area that Nuke has been putting a lot of effort into in order to get rid of the problem of the page width changing in some browsers. It finally seems that he has done a good job and cured the bug. It does however emphasise the need to keep your post titles short, if they're too long they will simply be truncated to fit the available page width - so do try to keep them short and relevent to the subject.
On the same theme I have had to edit several posts tonight to eliminate long links which have been screwing up the page widths. Unfortunately this is a bit of a laborious process and risks losing the link. So please take note of the post at the head of this topic and if you need to insert long links into posts, use the suggested methods. You know it makes sense.
Hi Ken,
May I just point out that if you use the Quick Reply box at the bottom of the postings page then the URL link does not give you the option to change the link name, it just accepts what you paste in.
I use this Quick Reply more than the Post Topic one but do now remember that if I want to paste a URL I must use the top link.
That's how it works for me anyway
Thanks for all your work.
______________________________________________________________ Tricia ---- I wish I was a Glow worm, a glow worm´s never glum. How can you be unhappy, when the sun shines out your bum.
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Now Ken, I am sorry to contradict you but the 'Quick Reply' that I am using now is below the last post on the topic page, from what I remember 'Post Reply' is on the PM page
One of us is back to front, or inside out, or upside down or .................
______________________________________________________________ Tricia ---- I wish I was a Glow worm, a glow worm´s never glum. How can you be unhappy, when the sun shines out your bum.
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I've noticed a couple of instances tonight of links to other sites being used in posts where the URL linked to is very long. This causes the page width to be extended in some browsers and makes the whole topic page very difficult to view. There are several ways to avoid this phenomena - and to make your post look much more professional as well.
Some folk like to use
Only registered users can see links on our Forum Join Now or Login
to create nice short links from URLs and this method is fine if you prefer it, however there is an even better way to do it straight from the MHF interface as you type your post. For those of you who don't know how to do it, follow the instructions below. Apologies to those who already use the method - I'm not trying to teach you how to suck eggs, just helping those new members who haven't found the trick yet.
Type your message as usual and at the point where you want to insert the link, select the "insert URL" icon above the text window (4th from left, bottom row). This opens a dialogue box where you can then paste the URL of the page you want to link to. Another dialogue box will then open asking for the page name. Type in the text you want to appear on your post (LOOK HERE for example) and press OK. Press preview to check it's correct, then submit.
Hope this information is useful to someone.
hi thanks for that ! yes its a great site
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______________________________________________________________ Tricia ---- I wish I was a Glow worm, a glow worm´s never glum. How can you be unhappy, when the sun shines out your bum.
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