How to LINK using keystrokes - 03/01/08 02:03 PM
HERE ARE STEPS FOR HOW I (a computer idiot) LINK THREADS using keystrokes:
1. Open the MB web site and log in to the discussion forum.
2. Go to the thread or sig line where you want to put your link.
3. Minimize that page.
4. Open a second MB website and enter the discussion forum (it won’t let you log in again.).
5. Go to the thread you want to link
6. Go to the top of the page of that thread where the address is located.
(Usually it begins with ‘http://…’)
7. Right click on that address.
8. Click on ‘copy’. (This will link to the first post of the page.)
9. If you want to link to a specific post, write down the 7 digit number under the post title. (Most post numbers start with a 3 as of Oct. 2007.)
10. Minimize that page.
11. Maximize the original page where you want to paste your link. (Be sure you are still logged in by looking for the “logout” icon on the upper gold bar.)
12. Put your cursor where you want to paste the link.
13. Right click on that spot and click on ‘paste’.
14. A long confusing address should appear in that spot that starts with “http://....etc)
CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve now created a link to a page. This will work on your sig line, too.
IF YOU WANT TO LINK TO A SPECIFIC POST ON THAT PAGE:
14 A: Put your cursor on the last 7 digit number starting with a 3 (as of 10/07).
14.B. Delete that number and insert the post number you wrote down previously.
IF YOU WANT TO NAME YOUR LINK SO THE UGLY ADDRESS DISAPPEARS:
15. Insert your cursor immediately to the left of the ‘h’ in the “http://...” address.
16. Type: left bracket, lower case ‘u, r, l’, and then the equal sign: “” immediately before the ‘h’. (If there is a space, it won’t work.)
17. Put your cursor at the end of the post number at the end of the address.
18. Type a right bracket “”
22. When you hit the continue button, the ugly address should disappear and your concise title should be listed in a light blue font.
23. If the ugly address still appears, look for an extra space, or missing bracket, or some other mistake in your sequence.
I know there must be a shorter easier way, but Longhorn asked ME (the computer idiot) and I am so honored that I will post these steps I've learned for all (especially Newbies) on Mark's thread here and link it to mvg's thread!!!!! Thanks to Saturn and MAZ for helping me….if I can do it, anyone can do it!!!!
Ace
PS. Comments/suggestions/corrections welcome!
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These steps are on Mark's Musings thread, but Working_It_Out just asked me how to link and I couldn't find Mark's thread easily, so I thought this might be a good place to post these steps. Hope it helps.
1. Open the MB web site and log in to the discussion forum.
2. Go to the thread or sig line where you want to put your link.
3. Minimize that page.
4. Open a second MB website and enter the discussion forum (it won’t let you log in again.).
5. Go to the thread you want to link
6. Go to the top of the page of that thread where the address is located.
(Usually it begins with ‘http://…’)
7. Right click on that address.
8. Click on ‘copy’. (This will link to the first post of the page.)
9. If you want to link to a specific post, write down the 7 digit number under the post title. (Most post numbers start with a 3 as of Oct. 2007.)
10. Minimize that page.
11. Maximize the original page where you want to paste your link. (Be sure you are still logged in by looking for the “logout” icon on the upper gold bar.)
12. Put your cursor where you want to paste the link.
13. Right click on that spot and click on ‘paste’.
14. A long confusing address should appear in that spot that starts with “http://....etc)
CONGRATULATIONS! You’ve now created a link to a page. This will work on your sig line, too.
IF YOU WANT TO LINK TO A SPECIFIC POST ON THAT PAGE:
14 A: Put your cursor on the last 7 digit number starting with a 3 (as of 10/07).
14.B. Delete that number and insert the post number you wrote down previously.
IF YOU WANT TO NAME YOUR LINK SO THE UGLY ADDRESS DISAPPEARS:
15. Insert your cursor immediately to the left of the ‘h’ in the “http://...” address.
16. Type: left bracket, lower case ‘u, r, l’, and then the equal sign: “” immediately before the ‘h’. (If there is a space, it won’t work.)
17. Put your cursor at the end of the post number at the end of the address.
18. Type a right bracket “”
22. When you hit the continue button, the ugly address should disappear and your concise title should be listed in a light blue font.
23. If the ugly address still appears, look for an extra space, or missing bracket, or some other mistake in your sequence.
I know there must be a shorter easier way, but Longhorn asked ME (the computer idiot) and I am so honored that I will post these steps I've learned for all (especially Newbies) on Mark's thread here and link it to mvg's thread!!!!! Thanks to Saturn and MAZ for helping me….if I can do it, anyone can do it!!!!
Ace
PS. Comments/suggestions/corrections welcome!
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These steps are on Mark's Musings thread, but Working_It_Out just asked me how to link and I couldn't find Mark's thread easily, so I thought this might be a good place to post these steps. Hope it helps.