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Title: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: Dervacumen on May 12, 2006, 07:44:00 pm

For the life of me I can't figure out how to refer in my post to an entirely different post to make it easier for others to see referring info without looking for the topic I mention.  I thought I could just look up the thread and paste it into body of my text but I can't find the URL that specifically links to what I refer to.

I'm missing something somewhere but just can't find it.

Please help?

--signed Lame-O.

Title: Re: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: SirPeale on May 12, 2006, 07:54:07 pm

Look directly above the post, you'll see the post title.  Each post has it's own reference.  Right click and 'copy URL' and use that address to reference the post.

Title: Re: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: MYX on May 12, 2006, 09:38:56 pm

Then place it in brackets [] with a url refference. For the following demonstration { = [.
{url=yourURLwithNOspaces}Then type what you want to say about the link Then {/url}
Example: click quote and you will see the code behind the link.
LINK (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53726.msg526778#msg526778)

Title: Re: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: pointdablame on May 12, 2006, 11:45:32 pm

Quote from: MYX on May 12, 2006, 09:38:56 pm

Then place it in brackets [] with a url refference. For the following demonstration { = [.
{url=yourURLwithNOspaces}Then type what you want to say about the link Then {/url}
Example: click quote and you will see the code behind the link.
LINK (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=53726.msg526778#msg526778)

Yes.  It is of the utmost importance that you learn this code so you don't post mile long links that screw with the page layout.

PLEASE EVERYONE LEARN THIS  :soapbox:

hehe. :)

Title: Re: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: Kremmit on May 13, 2006, 04:04:14 am

You mean like this? :

Code: [Select]

[url=www.thislinkistoolong.com]Catchy Short Link Name[/url]
For the advanced class, that's done with "code" and "/code" tags.  ;)

Title: Re: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: markrvp on May 13, 2006, 11:11:37 am

Never tried the code tag.

Code: [Select]

[url=http://www.pimpmycab.com]Cool Cabs Here[/url]

Title: Re: Advice needed - how to refer to posts?
Post by: MYX on May 13, 2006, 06:12:04 pm

<myxbeingstupid>Mark these are secret codes for secret people. Only folk like the presedent of the boys club (no girls allowed) use the secret codes. It means that yer kewl If you use em.</myxbeingstupid>