John,
I have an Apple Mac with both Safari and Firefox options, but I don't have the computer knowledge, which my children and forum members have.
I was having problems, until I tried what you advised.
My son is the computer genius in the family and he does help me become familiar with this fang-dangled device!
But, at times he tells me to use the computer instruction manual, because he knows that I just want a quick solution.
Thank you, again,
Take care,
Ralph
I use Firefox, and just pasting the link doesn't make it a hot link.
Bob,
I'm using Safari and I have to use what John advised.
What Jim described--paste it into the post, then hit "enter"--works for me in Internet Explorer.
Bob Nelson
Thank you everyone,
By George, I think he's got it!
http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=aaplw&p=ctt+gforum
I copied your link, then I'm pasting it here. Next, I highlight the link in the reply Window, and the Link and Unlink icons become active on the reply toolbar. Click the Link button with the URL highlighted and it'll be a live link. Demo below.
Still not right!
I have to speak with my Master Technician!
Jim,
Thank yiou,
You can simply copy it, but it doesn't make it a hot link, which is what I was trying to do.
You can also just copy the URL from the address bar, paste it into your post, then press Enter.
Pete,
Thank you.
That was simple, this is a test message, appears to work. I never even noticed those icons, I guess I never had them lit up before!
Thanks!
http://cs.trains.com/TRCCS/themes/trc/forums/thread.aspx?ThreadID=197204&PostID=2154622&PermaPostID=2154622#2154622
Here's how I do it in Firefox:
First, copy the url from the Location bar. Then, paste it into your message and highlight it. Once you have done this the linked and unlinked chains at the top of the message box will become active. Click on the linked chain. Paste the url into the link url. I like to select the url to open in a new window, as per the target.
Example -
Highlight this:
http://www.jcstudiosinc.com/BlogShowThread?id=215&categoryId=1
And after pasting in to the insert/edit link box:
Don't know how clear this explanation is but it works for me.
Pete
"You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light." - Edward Abbey -
gunrunnerjohn,
That's a problem I have, unless I'm doing it wrong.
When, I post a link it is not just a touch and click.
The people have to scan and copy, transfer, paste to address bar and then click for results.
Then again, I'm too lazy to read the instruction manual, as my son says!
How does one post a link in this forum? I don't seem to see a way to do it, but I see them posted all the time, so it has to be possible. :)
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