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How to create a
"Hyperlink" (how to make Clickable Links) when commenting in a blog
Plus
some other useful HTML to use with quotes.
NOTE:
If you think you might need these instructions while posting to the
Guestbook:
BEFORE CLICKING ON THE "POST" BUTTON, click where it says "Click
here to learn how to make you web links clickable" and the instructions page will open in a New
Window. Leave that window open and you can then switch back and
forth from the "Reader Comments" tab to the "How to ..." tab as you
create your post.
CLICKABLE LINKS:
The space in which you type your message is really an
HTML Editor. In other words, you can add code that will take care
of those long website addresses, and it's much simpler than you think.
Here's what to do:
1) In your ordinary text, here's an example of what you might say:
"Please see article: How's your Constitution? for an
interesting look at how our rights are being eroded."
2) Immediately in front of the article's title How's your
Constitution type this:<a href=" ">
3) In between the quotation marks, paste the URL (the full
website address copied from your browser address bar) so it looks like
this:
<a href="http://www.yayacanada.com/028-12.html">
Important: There's a space between "a" and "href" but make sure
there are no other spaces in the string, or between your code and the
title you are making clickable.
4) Add this immediately after the title:</a>
So your message sentence would look like this:
Please see article:<a
href="http://www.yayacanadacom/028-12.html">How's your
Constitution?</a>for an interesting look at how our rights are
being eroded.
As you
can see from the above, there may not be room enough for all of your
string of HTML code to stay on the same line, but
that's nothing to worry about as long you typed it right in the first
place.
The
problem with pasting a
long URL without using HTML code is that web addresses do not get
bumped down to a new line when making comments in a blog, the way they
do in an email. Instead they stretch across the
page, and force the reader to scroll over to see the whole thing.
If your URL is short, it's not a problem, but if it's long, you might
like to add the appropriate HTML as a courtesy to the people who will
read your comment.
When your comment is posted it will look like this:
Please see article: How's your Constitution?
for an interesting look at how our rights are being eroded.
TESTING YOUR LINK
In "Preview" mode RIGHT click on your newly created hyperlink and
choose from the
drop-down menu to open the link in a New Window. That way you won't have to use
the BACK button to return to your preview page and run the risk of
losing your post.
HERE'S
A COOL TRICK:
You can force your link to automatically open in a New
Window by adding this to the end of the web address:
TARGET="_BLANK"
The whole thing would look like this:
<a
href="http://www.yayacanadacom/028-12.html"target="_blank">
Piece of cake, right?
IF YOU REALLY HATE ALL THAT WORK:
you might enjoy making a "Tiny Url" instead. Go here and
follow the instructions. Then just paste the tiny URL wherever
you want it to go in your message.
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HTML FOR QUOTES:
You can also use the following (in any combination) to make a quote
stand out from the rest of the text:
<b>your text</b> to make the text bold
<u>your text></u> to underline
text
<q>your text</q> for "quotation marks"
<cite>your text</cite> for italicized text
<blockquote>your text</blockquote>
for
indentation
HAPPY
COMMENTING!
yayacanada
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