OT: Hyperlink tutorial

ArmyVideo wrote on 1/23/2004, 7:35 AM
Okay, so cutting and pasting a URL is not that tough. But I'll admit it, I get a bit lazy from time to time. So in order to enable others to facilitate my laziness, I have included a quick how-to on making the link you add to your post clickable. In order to let you see the HTML code, I have placed dots • in the code. When adding the actual code, replace • with <.

Here is an example of how to make a link to the SOFO website

•a href="http://www.sonicfoundry.com">Sonic Foundry•/a>

Once posted, your code becomes a clickable link like this Sonic Foundry

Comments

jetdv wrote on 1/23/2004, 7:42 AM
I've made this exact same post a couple of other times. I agree completely. One thing to note: DO NOT forget to put the "http://" or it will try to link to a location on Sony's pages.
Grazie wrote on 1/24/2004, 12:13 AM
. . Nice one! I think Sony should put this type of "how to" in the "Banner" at the top of this site - yeah? Better still, something like the COWsite where one just highlights and area to hyperlink .. . bold . . underline . . . - yeah?

Grazie
farss wrote on 1/24/2004, 2:18 AM
Sometimes I find the way this forum works a bit limiting too but then I look at the others I visit and I'm glad to get back here.
Grazie wrote on 1/24/2004, 2:20 AM
Yeah . .Less IS More . .

Grazie

ps farss . . I've emailed you . .
Chienworks wrote on 1/24/2004, 7:07 AM
If instead of the dots you type in &#60; you can show exactly what needs to be typed:

<a href=http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com>SONY media software</a> becomes SONY media software
BillyBoy wrote on 1/24/2004, 10:51 AM
I've said it before, I'll say it again. THIS forum software is from the dark ages. You shouldn't have to resort to tricks to add simple things like links. I mean you can't even reference your email in Edit Account so others can access it.

For Sony to still use such primative forum software is embarassing. To them. Geez....


FuTz wrote on 1/24/2004, 2:11 PM
What I'd like is that these links opened in *another page* instead of switching so I have to "come back".
There must be a code?
Like a few of you said, it would be easier if the Forum itself just had a "link attachment" button so we just select text and hit the button.

But,yeah, I know I can right-click and do it myself.
Lazy me...
ArmyVideo wrote on 1/24/2004, 3:19 PM
Unfortunately this can't be done in html alone, gotta do the java thing, which is way too much work to accomplish very little. :(

Sorry,
Brian
Chienworks wrote on 1/24/2004, 4:14 PM
Actually it can be done in straight HTML using the target tag.

<a href=http://www.vegasusers.com/ target=_new>VegasUsers.com</a> becomes VegasUsers.com

target specifies the name of a window to open the link into. _new specifies that a new window will be used each time. I don't usually use this though. It's easy enough to right-mouse-button click on a link and choose "open in new window" when you want to. However, if the link specifies a new window there's no way to not have that happen. I get tired of some sites that open every link in a new window because i quickly end up with a huge number of windows cluttering my screen.
BillyBoy wrote on 1/24/2004, 6:01 PM
Well... the first problem is TRYING to do it in HTML with Java Scripting.
Click on source in your broswer and you'll get an idea of the tag soup that is this forum generating markup.

I'll never forget something I learned about 30 years ago. NEVER try to re-invent the wheel, someone already did it. Case in point I was working for a medium sized company that was just going through the pains of converting their manual accounting system to computerized.

They just HAD to do it themselves. Well in took 9 months, cost over $600,000 and we could of had a better system with more features up and running in a few weeks IF they would have bought a canned version that could easily be modified that "only" cost about $120,000. Like I told them to do. Lesson learned, almost half a million blown.

The point there is all kinds of ready to go vastly superior forum software that runs circles around this. Are you listening Sony?
ArmyVideo wrote on 1/24/2004, 7:34 PM
Chien, I sit corrected. Thanks. I'm lazy and use front page for HTML, and for some reason when I copied over the code, it wouldn't function using the target tag. Glad you had the answer.

Regards,
Brian