could someone please tell me how to hyperlink?

-- DJ (no@no.no), January 29, 2000

Answers

[URL]www.hotbot.com[/URL]

[url]www.hotbot.com[/url]

-- wow (W@W.ee), January 29, 2000.

type this: [a href=" before your URL and then type: "/a] after your URL...replace the [] with<>...if I did that here it would link. When you actually do the link use <> instead of []. That should work, unless I screwed up. Also, if you want to name the link, put a ] after the second " then the name you want to use, then [/a]..remember again to replace [] with <> Hope this helps if I didn't screw up. Also if you want to make a sentence or word boldface type [b] before and [/b] after again replacing [] with <>. Italics works the same way,just substitute I for B.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 29, 2000.

Also, if you don't wanna look stupid like I probably just did, practice first by using your email and send messages to yourself using the code to see how it comes out.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 29, 2000.

LINK

Remove the periods (.) that I have put in there so that it will be visible for you to see.

Where it says LINK you can either say that or put the title of the article or webpage

You can always go up to VIEW in your browser if you are on Netscape (not sure if its the same in other browsers). Then click on Page Source and you can scroll down and see how someone else did it - should like the same as the above without the . in there.

-- Sheri (wncy2k@nccn.net), January 29, 2000.

Whoops.. try again - see it is really hard to show you without it disappearing...

(A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com") LINK (/A)

Replace the ( with a < Replace the ) with a > We have to do it this way so that it will be visible for you to see.

Where it says LINK you can either say that or put the title of the article or webpage

You can always go up to VIEW in your browser if you are on Netscape (not sure if its the same in other browsers). Then click on Page Source and you can scroll down and see how someone else did it - should like the same as the above without the changes in there.

-- Sheri (wncy2k@nccn.net), January 29, 2000.

Wow,

I had that same question just a couple of weeks ago! If you go to this Thread and scroll down to the answer "Z guy [are we related]" and follow the instructions given to me by Z1X4Y7 You'll be a Hyperlink Pro in no time!

-- Zguy (heres@hyperlinkexplanation.com), January 29, 2000.

This is a good site to investigate. JJ takes you through HTML step by step.Dark Mountain

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 29, 2000.

DJ,

My above Hyperlink explanation was for you, not for Wow. Sorry about that Wow I was'nt trying to infer that you needed to learn how to Hyperlink!

-- Zguy (heres@hyperlinkexplanation.com), January 29, 2000.

Kyle,

I clicked on your link to Dark Mountain just out of curiosity. Wow what a site! I'm in the planning stages of my own Website and John at Dark Mountain sounds like just the guy I need!

Thanks,

-- Zguy (ineed@website.com), January 29, 2000.

Glad you like it Zguy. I do too. I have been playing around with it also. So much to learn, but it IS fun.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 29, 2000.

I have a number of HTML "tools" on my system at my disposal: [Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition] Word 97, Front Page; Outlook Express 5.x and Arachnophilia.

Since you're using Word, you should be able to save the document as HTML and view the source while in the new document. SELECT EVERYTHING BETWEEN {the stuff here only!} ; Copy to your Clipboard; switch to the posting page and Ctrl+V (Paste) it directly into the BIG message box. That's it.

To produce the page you're referring to, I used Outlook Express. My default MODE is set to HTML, not TEXT. Outlook Express--and most mail programs default to the MODE of the received e-mail note when replying. (Therefore, I can tell you that your e-mail program is set to a default MODE of TEXT.)

At the original Web page, I highlighted, Copy, Ctrl+"E"[dit]; "C"[opy] key sequence), the target text into the Clipboard. Switching to a New Message Window, I Pasted (Ctrl+"P"[aste]) the Clipboard contents into the New Message Body. In Outlook Express 5.x, with the MODE defaulted to HTML, there are three tabs along the bottom of the Window: "Edit"; "Source"; and "Preview." After Pasting the text into the Body, I merely changed what I wanted to (i.e., fonts, colors, comments, anything) just like any other "e-mail." When I'm finished, I click on the "Source" tab. The final step is to HIGHLIGHT AND COPY EVERYTHING _BETWEEN_ THESE 2 HTML TAGS: [start highlighting HERE] ... [stop highlighting HERE] .

Don't include the and/or HTML TAGS in the TEXT to be Copied into the Clipboard. These are contained in the Web page (i.e., Timebomb2000) that the HTML CODE will be inserted INTO (e.g., Message) when you POST to most forums!

Voila.

I hope that's clear enough for you to get the general concept. You can use any HTML tool you're comfortable with to get the job done. I've adopted the above as my own methodology. You'll choose your own.

Do not hesitate to ask for clarification!

Please let me know how you fare with any of these techniques?

Good luck.

Regards, Bob Mangus

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-- Robert Mangus (rmangus1@yahoo.com), January 30, 2000.

Bob, that sounds confusingly simple. Stupid newbie here. I only know a little html. I worked at a company where I used Excel and Word. Low on the food chain, but I thank your for your help.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 30, 2000.

Every week some idiot asks the same question. Get a fricking HTML for dummies book. But you don't need to hot link -- copy and paste -- idiots.

SYSOPS -- How many times do I need to plead for a FAQ, linked at the TOP of the frickin' main page?

-- A (A@AisA.com), January 30, 2000.

Sysops, I think 'A' is having a bad night. New people come on here all the time. And why? Mainly to find Y2K related news that we can't find in the 'MEDIA'. That is how I found this site after much searching. So what is the problem with helping newbies instead of dumping on them? I appreciate the help I have received from the nice guys here and I like to help others as much as I can. I don't understand A's attitude.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 30, 2000.

Kyle, why are you complaining to the sysops?

A is exactly right.

A hundred times I've seen a URL posted, and right below that some dumb ass asks for a hot link.....dumb ass because they are too lazy to copy the english URL and paste it in the LOCATION box of their browser.

Several hundred people have come onto this site and asked how to hotlink. Providing simple instructions -- and links to sites -- in a FAQ would be simple. It would allow a thread like this to be handled by a simple request to go look at the FAQ -- which is something any board should have.

-- (4@5.6), January 30, 2000.

Kyle, Disregard A`s response or any similar response. It`s completely uncalled for. Rude and condescending, to say the least. Keep in mind, not everyone has had the ability to link since birth. "Computer Experts" are everywhere!

-- NoJo (RSKeiper@aol.com), January 30, 2000.

"A" is rude. That's because when they hand out geek brains they don't include a 'FAQ' teaching them civility. They have to have learned that from their civil parents, peers, and superiors; most kids in America no longer have access to those kinds of treasures.

On the other hand, "A" is ABSOLUTELY, 100% RIGHT when it comes to his reco for a FAQ at the top of all TB2K pages. It's just because it IS just what newbies need -- an intro and guideline on how to navigate our pages -- that they should be shown the common courtesy of a simple guideline. Yes, I agree with "A" for the nth time, Sysops, give the newbies a break -- setup a permanent set of instructions, so this kind of thread doesn't have to be regurgitated periodically.

And yes, all one has to do is a cut/paste instead of HTML -- but isn't a colored, underlined link so much PRETTIER?

Bill, never to complain to Sysops about this again ....

-- William J. Schenker, MD (wjs@linkfast.net), January 30, 2000.

link

Bill

-- William J. Schenker, MD (wjs@linkfast.net), January 30, 2000.

Fooled ya, didn't I?

Bill

-- William J. Schenker, MD (wjs@linkfast.net), January 30, 2000.

Btw...what is N/T? I have seen this on debonkers a lot. It seems to be one of LL's favorite acronyms?

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 30, 2000.

I tried here:Acronym Finder . But, it returns about twenty something results.

-- Kyle (fordtbonly@aol.com), January 30, 2000.

"N/T" stands for "no text," i.e., the post consists solely of its subject.

In the absence of an FAQ facility, I would suggest that anyone with HTML questions visit the Techno-geek questions category of archived threads.

-- David L (bumpkin@dnet.net), January 30, 2000.