A tiny little update: http:// and linking

[Nifty-Chicken]

This may be a bit technical, so know that you've been warned!!!

When posting a new reply / topic you'll notice there is a button with "Word-Link". It use to be "http://" and I've never known the reason for having this button as any link you post will automatically be turned into a working link:

www.backyardchickens.com

Well, I made the button a little bit more useful (hopefully for more people than just me).

Before, if you highlighted text and clicked the http:// button you would get:

:

text

now when you click the new button you'll get:

:

text

Basically this will allow you to take any word and change it to a link. Just highlight the word, click the http:// button and replace the "YourLinkGoesHere" with your link.

I'm looking into ways to present a popup to enter the text and the URL, but for now this should work fine.

If you have any suggestions or comments please let me know.

If this was all totally confusing then please click on the "Recent Posts" link at the top of the page and forget about this post as you read through all the other fun topics!

BTW, I also deleted the "Code" link since I doubt very many members are posting code in their replies.

 

[DuckLady]

Huh?

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

BTW, here are a few examples:

Here is what you get if you just push the button:
YourLinkGoesHere

Here is what you get if you highlight text and push the button:
text

Here is what you get if you highlight text and push the button AND change the "YourLinkGoesHere" to "www.backyardchickens.com"
text

Here is what you get if you just enter a URL:
www.backyardchickens.com

 

[DuckLady]

Oh.

 

[BeckyLa]

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

If this is confusing people / messing up new links, let me know and I'll change it back or do something else.

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Okay, I changed it to make it stand out more. I changed "http://" to "Word-Link", i.e., if you want to link a word to a URL you use this.