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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:51 PM
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HELP! How do I "hide" a URL link behind a phrase?
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 07:53 PM by DemoTex
My blog name ia "Dispatches from the Hotel Pastiche," but its URL is http://finigreenmachine.blogspot.com/ . I'd like for folks to see just the blog name in my signature line and to click on it to visit The Hotel Pastiche.

Thanks
Mac
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razors edge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:55 PM
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1. Probably lounge worthy but
I'll kick cause I'm curious about that too.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:55 PM
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2. Open a new post and just above subject there is a box Message options...click
on HTML lookup table. That should help you.
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:56 PM
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3. Like this: [link:URL|Text]
Delete the "http//" part of the URL and put your own text in after the vertical line.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:51 PM
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14. Let me try this
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 08:53 PM by Quixote1818




Hum, I must have done something wrong. ;(
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:41 PM
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16. Here...
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 09:42 PM by Fridays Child
Do this:
to get this: Here
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Ghost in the Machine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:57 PM
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4. html brackets
you do it like this :

[a href="http://finigreenmachine.blogspot.com"]
insert text here[/a]

You can copy~n~paste this code then just replace "insert
text here" with whatever you want it to say..

PEACE!

Ghost

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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:57 PM
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5. use [ ] instead of < >
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 07:58 PM by proud patriot
HREF link with text display

<link:URL|Text>
URL is without the " http : / / ".
Example: <link:www.dcscripts.com|DCScripts>

HREF link with text display

Text
URL is without the "http://".
Example: DCScripts
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 07:58 PM
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6. Here's the link you need...
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 07:59 PM by mcscajun
change the ( and ) to square brackets, and this will work:

(link:finigreenmachine.blogspot.com | Dispatches from the Hotel Pastiche)
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:05 PM
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7. Fine Business!
Thanks
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:08 PM
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8. Just copy/paste this into your sigfile
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 08:09 PM by SoCalDem
[link:finigreenmachine.blogspot.com| Dispatches from the Hotel
Pastiche] 
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:11 PM
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9. Damn! DUers are so SMART!
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 08:20 PM by DemoTex
Within 17 minutes I posted my problem, got a bunch of great replies with solutions, re-did my sig line, and went on my merry way!

Thanks!

BTW: Visit the Hotel Patiche. It's looking good!

BTBTW: I also bookmarked this info so I won't have to ask again!
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:27 PM
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10. nice site
cool house.....
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 09:29 PM
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15. HOTEL!
Well, nevermind.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-08-07 10:30 AM
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17. duh........
Edited on Thu Nov-08-07 10:31 AM by madrchsod
:banghead:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:30 PM
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12. Yeah, they are and I'm
bookmarking cause I always wondered how they did that!
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:46 PM
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13. You can take it one step further..copy/paste this whole line and see what happens
Edited on Wed Nov-07-07 08:46 PM by SoCalDem
[link:finigreenmachine.blogspot.com|http://socaldem.smugmug.com/photos/218792270-O.gif]
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Basileus Basileon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-07-07 08:29 PM
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11. Right above the subject line is a link called "HTML lookup table" np
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