The process for this is broken. When I copy a link into the forum post this is what happens:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx
In my post screen it shows up as a hyperlink, when I click post, it goes away.
When I highlight and click the link button in the toolbar, paste the URL the same thing happens. Once I click post, it un-hyperlinks.
Edit:
It happens when editing as well.
BMMECNYC Okay here goes: http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx
Okay here goes:
To change the appearance of your link, try this:
Add left bracket + "URL="+link address+right bracket. Type a description, followed by left bracket+/URL+right bracket. Omit the quotation marks.
Description
The URL will be embedded in the link, and the only thing that will show is the description text. Omit the quotation marks when you enter it. Notice where the brackets are.
Marlon
See pictures of the Clinton-Golden Valley RR
For some years I have used the manual method and copy and paste.
Well a sticky might work but some never bother to check out the forums carefully.
Some still come into the forums and post in the first forum questions for Model Railroader forums. Clearly says this is not the Model Railroader forum.
Same thing about posting photos question with the answer in the Model Railroader General discussion forum. Some just do not bother to look around.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
A big BUMP. This thread needs to be up front, to explain, what should be a simple process, but it's not, to post a thread from the forums, back to the forums.
Mike.
My You Tube
If you don't feel like dealing with brackets, copy the link, go to tinyurl.com and follow the directions to make a shorter link and copy that to you clipboard, the use the link icon https://tinyurl.com/y9eh9c9y
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
tstageI wish this nagging issue would get addressed but I don't think it's a high priority with Kalmbach. Tom
I'll second the suggestion that this be addressed in a Sticky under the General thread. I'm sure they don't want lots of Stickies there but this is a longer term issue and would be useful for everyone, much like the post a photo info item.
Paul
Modeling HO with a transition era UP bent
cuyama
the above approach works fine. But unlike other links it doesn't provide a description of what is being linked to. In the above case, the description is the URL.
the URL can be part of the tag following an "=" and description delimited by the tags. replace "<>" with "[]" in following
<url=http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx>Kato SD9043MAC DCC/sound install</url>
Kato SD9043MAC DCC/sound install
greg - Philadelphia & Reading / Reading
BMMECNYC mbinsewi Never mind, I'm not getting it Do you still click on the link chain thingy? Mike No, don't use the chain link icon at all. It is what is broken. Paste the url into the message manually then type "url" address goes here "/url".
mbinsewi Never mind, I'm not getting it Do you still click on the link chain thingy? Mike
Never mind, I'm not getting it Do you still click on the link chain thingy?
Mike
No, don't use the chain link icon at all. It is what is broken.
Paste the url into the message manually then type
"url" address goes here "/url".
Correct. The chain link icon works just fine with any external URL that is NOT a Kalmbach forum link. It just doesn't work for internal links for some reason.
Tom
https://tstage9.wixsite.com/nyc-modeling
Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I find that when I post links they don’t work but when I edit my reply and fix the links they work fine just by pasting the link back into the space for Url in the link form. Sometimes you just have to out smart the computer.
richhotrain richhotrain richhotrain I just copied and pasted the link provided in the initial post and added the url at the beginning and end. Let's see if that worked. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx Rich Yep, that worked for me and I did not use the Insert/edit link. Rich http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx LOL It works when I add the url before and after the link but when I "ADD Quote to your Post", the link does not work in the quoted portion of my reply. Go figure. Rich
richhotrain richhotrain I just copied and pasted the link provided in the initial post and added the url at the beginning and end. Let's see if that worked. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx Rich Yep, that worked for me and I did not use the Insert/edit link. Rich http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx
richhotrain I just copied and pasted the link provided in the initial post and added the url at the beginning and end. Let's see if that worked. http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/744/t/247652.aspx Rich
I just copied and pasted the link provided in the initial post and added the url at the beginning and end. Let's see if that worked.
Yep, that worked for me and I did not use the Insert/edit link.
LOL
It works when I add the url before and after the link but when I "ADD Quote to your Post", the link does not work in the quoted portion of my reply. Go figure.
Cant win them all...
Alton Junction
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