Australian Politics Forum - Links that work....

avatar New Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 14	Links that work.... Feb 20^th, 2007 at 8:03pm Just a question.. How does one get a link to work?.. I click on them and they dont work..what am I doing wrong? Auzgurl.....
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mantra Gold Member Offline ozpolitic.com Posts: 10750 Gender:	Re: Links that work.... Reply #1 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 9:49pm Hi Auzgurl - nice to see you here. If you mean the links recommended by posters, you have to copy and paste them to the address bar.
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ex-member DonaldTrump Gold Member Offline Oh mere mortals, open your eyes! Posts: 1995 Overseas Gender:	Re: Links that work.... Reply #2 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 11:29pm Ah... just out of curiousity mantra, how do you know it's auzgurl?
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Reply #3 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 7:28am

I could be really cynical DT and say I'm not sure - but I will trust my instincts on this one. There is a distinct difference. No doubt "Mel" will find her way onto this board in disguise, but I know that I can immediately complain to Ozadmin who has assured posters that there is a moderator who will take action and have antisocial posters banned.

I hope for Freediver's sake this doesn't happen as this forum will be obliterated within days if she happens to "invade".

The more I use this forum - the more obvious it becomes that it has a lot to offer. Freediver is also open to suggestions on ways to improve it - this keeps everyone happy.

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Reply #4 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 8:57am

And "Donald Trump" how can I be sure your Donald Trump?

I joined as Avatar quite a few weeks ago, I should have signed in here as Auzgurl then.

The glitches and bugs in Cracker right now are just rediculous, nothing works...I think the new advertising is somehow responsible.

This forum seems to be picking up.

Thanks for your welcome Mantra.

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Reply #5 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 9:19am

Most links are not 'active.' If you type or copy in a URL it will not become a link, and people will have to copy and paste it. If you want people to be able to follow a link, click on the globe icon above the bold button, and paste in the URL. For example

{url}http://www.ozpolitic.com{/url}

or

{url=http://www.ozpolitic.com}OzPolitic{/url}

Replace the curly brackets with square brackets to give:

http://www.ozpolitic.com

or

OzPolitic

There is a feature that turns URLs into active links automatically, but I disabled it a while back when I was battling the spam bots. I can turn it back on if you want. I'm not sure how much it helps to prevent spam.

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Reply #6 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 1:45pm

avatar wrote on Feb 21^st, 2007 at 8:57am:

And "Donald Trump" how can I be sure your Donald Trump?

I joined as Avatar quite a few weeks ago, I should have signed in here as Auzgurl then.

The glitches and bugs in Cracker right now are just rediculous, nothing works...I think the new advertising is somehow responsible.

This forum seems to be picking up.

Thanks for your welcome Mantra.

You can tell it's me by my political views and the writing style of my posts.

Cracker has gone down the tubes. It's a mere shadow of its former self. This forum is by far superior.

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Reply #7 - May 18^th, 2009 at 12:44pm

There is a feature that turns URLs into active links automatically, but I disabled it a while back when I was battling the spam bots. I can turn it back on if you want. I'm not sure how much it helps to prevent spam.

Yes please.........I have posted two links now and they did not go live but I see that some posted by Moderators are live .......I have tried the icon at the top...Insert FTP Link but with no luck ....

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Grendel Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 28080 Gender:	Re: Links that work.... Reply #8 - May 18^th, 2009 at 12:50pm follow fds instructions
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Reply #9 - May 18^th, 2009 at 2:04pm

Paladin wrote on May 18^th, 2009 at 12:44pm:

There is a feature that turns URLs into active links automatically, but I disabled it a while back when I was battling the spam bots. I can turn it back on if you want. I'm not sure how much it helps to prevent spam.

Yes please.........I have posted two links now and they did not go live but I see that some posted by Moderators are live .......I have tried the icon at the top...Insert FTP Link but with no luck ....

Just highlight the link Paladin and then use the "insert hyperlink" - the little blue globe in the top left hand corner - above the bold button. That makes it "live".

Don't worry - I can see you've found it.

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Paladin New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20 Adelaide Gender:	Re: Links that work.... Reply #10 - May 18^th, 2009 at 4:32pm Don't worry - I can see you've found it No not yet mate .........I had some help ......still working on it and thanks for your help .............
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47481 At my desk.	Re: Links that work.... Reply #11 - May 18^th, 2009 at 7:27pm Don't use the FTP link button, use the hperlink button to the left of it.
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Paladin New Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20 Adelaide Gender:	Re: Links that work.... Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2009 at 11:51pm Thanks FD ..........will do ........
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 47481 At my desk.	Re: Links that work.... Reply #13 - Apr 26^th, 2012 at 6:36pm Thanks Annie: http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1332211827/22#22
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