Most forum software, on other forum sites automatically 'activate' links to other sites when they are placed in posts. This site does not. Major Pain when someone sites a reference to their position and doesn't have the knowledge of how to go about activating that link.
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Why not use the Link feature in the Reply editor?
When you highlight text, the link button becomes active. Click on it to give you a dialog to enter the corresponding URL. Click OK, done!
I know, Help and FAQ info is hard to find on this site.
BTW at this time most of the Help links seem to be broken (404 error), probably since the last forum 'upgrade'.
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