how to post a link in the new IT

[Bitterwhiteguy]

There's a couple of ways to post links in vbulletin. The easiest is - when you're replying or creating a new topic - to click the globe with the chain in front of it and paste in your url. It will look something like this:
http://www.yahoo.com

That works for shorter urls, but what to do with the super long urls? Well, that's when the URL command comes in handy. I'm going to use curly brackets instead of [] so you can see the code that's necessary.

When doing a link like above, the bbcode is basically {url}http://www.yahoo.com{/url}. That's the basic command; take your link and put the url and /url tags around it. But if you want to make it a little easier to read, you can do it this way:
{url="http://www.yahoo.com"}Yahoo{/url}

Functionally, here's how it works out:
Yahoo Home Page

Here's a great example: I'm giving you a link to Thanksgiving Tower in Dallas. In Google, this link is pretty long. but by using the url=site tag I can make it appear mush shorter:

Thanksgiving Tower

See how that works? Hope it helps.

[DC Horn]

Like this?

{url="www.insidetexas.com"}Inside Texas{/url}

Hmmm, not working. Do I need to flip a bit somewhere? The option "Automatically parse links in text" is checked.

[Vinegar Strokes]

http://insidetexas.com/index.php

Same way you would have posted a link to IT on the old board.

[tazHorn]

Originally Posted by DC Horn

Like this?

{url="www.insidetexas.com"}Inside Texas{/url}

Hmmm, not working. Do I need to flip a bit somewhere? The option "Automatically parse links in text" is checked.

Change the curly brackets for the square ones. Should work then.

[Bitterwhiteguy]

Originally Posted by tazHorn

Change the curly brackets for the square ones. Should work then.

Yep, what he said. I had to use the curly brackets so you could see the code.

[DC Horn]

Originally Posted by Hookem77

Yep, what he said. I had to use the curly brackets so you could see the code.

Duuuuuh, my reading comprehension jumped right over that tidbit.

"The defense department regrets to inform you that your sons are dead because they were stupid."

Maybe this link will work: Test Link

[jg6544]

Originally Posted by Hookem77

There's a couple of ways to post links in vbulletin. The easiest is - when you're replying or creating a new topic - to click the globe with the chain in front of it and paste in your url. It will look something like this:
http://www.yahoo.com

That works for shorter urls, but what to do with the super long urls? Well, that's when the URL command comes in handy. I'm going to use curly brackets instead of [] so you can see the code that's necessary.

When doing a link like above, the bbcode is basically {url}http://www.yahoo.com{/url}. That's the basic command; take your link and put the url and /url tags around it. But if you want to make it a little easier to read, you can do it this way:
{url="http://www.yahoo.com"}Yahoo{/url}

Functionally, here's how it works out:
Yahoo Home Page

Here's a great example: I'm giving you a link to Thanksgiving Tower in Dallas. In Google, this link is pretty long. but by using the url=site tag I can make it appear mush shorter:

Thanksgiving Tower

See how that works? Hope it helps.

I do not see a little globe with a chain anywhere; also, no quotes, brackets, parentheses, italics, underlining, boldface, colors, font sizes, or anything that resembles a "tools" tab.

[editionshield]

Originally Posted by jg6544

I do not see a little globe with a chain anywhere; also, no quotes, brackets, parentheses, italics, underlining, boldface, colors, font sizes, or anything that resembles a "tools" tab.

jg## -- you may need to make a change to your user-settings for the function that controls this stuff.

the change is relatively easy to make:

1. first click on "User CP" in the menu up-top (next to FAQ in the menu list)

2. on the left-hand side, under "settings & options", click on "edit options"

3. scroll all the way down to the bottom of that page and you'll see a box that says "Miscellaneous Options" which contains a little arrow scroll-box that has three choices in it. probably at present it is set for "Basic Editor -- a simple text box". if you change it to the one that says "Enhanced Interface -- full WSYIWYG editing" -- and then make sure to hit "Save Changes" just below that -- your posts should subsequently come up in a screen which contains all the bells and whistles on it.

[amykros]

in the quick reply box at the bottom of this very page, there should be a white box you can type in to reply. Right above that box there are several icons. the 6th icon from the left is a globe with a chain. If you click on that it will give you a box to type in a URL and then it will insert it in your reply. In a standard reply or a new thread it is the 8th icon from the right. Let me know if that helps.