Making a link on the forums

[railandsail]

I still CAN NOT get this link connection trick down???
When you hi-lite the text then hit the link icon, a box comes up and indicates the text that will be used to make the link.

Then another box below that ask for the url address, which in most cases is the same as the text you are using to make the link. So you place that url address in that box.

That should do it correct??

[railandsail]

I think every forum I’ve ever been on is mostly all the same,…except this one.

Usually you just hi-lite the link text and hit the ‘internet link icon’

[cuyama]

In your other thread:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/272894.aspx

… the answer was given.

Like this. You type the parts in red, and then paste the forum top-level thread link in-between and hit “Return”. (Or, obviously, type the first part, paste the link, type the last part, return)

If you would read the replies to your same question on your own threads, you would know.

[richg1998]

In your other thread:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/272894.aspx

… the answer was given.

cuyama
Like this. You type the parts in red, and then paste the forum top-level thread link in-between and hit “Return”. (Or, obviously, type the first part, paste the link, type the last part, return)

If you would read the replies to your same question on your own threads, you would know.

That has always worked for me.

Rich

[tstage]

cuyama

In your other thread:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/272894.aspx

… the answer was given.

cuyama
Like this. You type the parts in red, and then paste the forum top-level thread link in-between and hit “Return”. (Or, obviously, type the first part, paste the link, type the last part, return)

If you would read the replies to your same question on your own threads, you would know.

That has always worked for me.

Rich

Ditto. Copy the URL of the forum thread that you want to link to and paste it in body of your post EXACTLY the way Dave outlines above and it will work properly. The bracketed "url"s before and after the forum URL address is the key. Note that the 2nd one must have the front slash added inside the enclosed bracket to make it clickable.

Tom

[railandsail]

Then WHY do they even have the ‘link icon’ ??

[BigDaddy]

Then WHY do they even have the ‘link icon’ ??

The link icon works for links outside cs.trains.com, …some of the time.

Accept that this forum doesn’t work like other forums and you will be much happier

It was designed by IT people who came in with the low bid. Given the idiosyncracies of this forum, it is clear why they were able to have the lowest bid. They don’t spend much on payroll.

[tstage]

Brian,

For forum intra-links you have to use bracketed urls. For links outside the forum, the link icon above your post’s text box works just fine. I rarely have an issue with either one.

Tom

[richhotrain]

Brian,

For forum intra-links you have to use bracketed urls. For links outside the forum, the link icon above your post’s text box works just fine. I rarely have an issue with either one.

Tom

I agree with Tom. If you want to provide a link to anything outside this forum, the link icon works just fine. Never a problem.

At one time, that link icon also worked just fine for linking to other threads on this forum, but after a not so recent update to the forum software, the link icon no longer worked for linking to other forum threads. So, now, you need to edit the link by placing the bracketed url at the beginning of the link and the bracketed url preceded by the ‘/’ at the end of the link if it is a train forum link.

Rich