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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:02 AM
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Sig line help

How do you make a hot link in a sig line? I'm not sure whether to use <> brackets or [] brackets. Just making sure before I add a sig line. Thanks.

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SoCalDem

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:11 AM
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1. easy...

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 02:13 AM by SoCalDem

[link:www.whateverthelinkis|http://www.motherjones.com/frontpagegifs/jebbush.jpg]

or just

type the link with the www.linkie.com

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SoCalDem

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:11 AM
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3. turn into this in a sig line

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 02:14 AM by SoCalDem

click the pic.. (it goes nowhere, actually, but if you used a real website as the first part, it would take you there

or just

type the link with the www.linkie.com

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Kenneth ken

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:11 AM
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2. I believe for sig lines

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 02:27 AM by Kennethken

you use "real" HTML tags - < >
for everything else, you use DU html tags < >
- edit: Du is making both sets of tags look the same - not me

but it doesn't matter, sig lines kind of get stored, so if it's wrong at one point, and you change it, it will show as correct where it was previously wrong.

when you eventually do add a sig line, it will show up in the post you did asking about sig lines.

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:19 AM
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4. So like this...

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:22 AM
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5. Or like this

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Kenneth ken

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:25 AM
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6. see how whatever

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 02:26 AM by Kennethken

you do - it shows up that way in your original post?

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:33 AM
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7. Thanks y'all

I think I've got it. I'm a slave to traditional html, this UBB code is all new to me. Thanks again :)

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:34 AM
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8. Or maybe not

LOL! I'll work on it.

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Kenneth ken

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:38 AM
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9. you had it for a while

I clicked on one of your links - it didn't take me to a real page, but it did "go" somewhere.

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 02:46 AM
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10. Here's what I'm trying to do...

I'm trying to make a text link (for example "Page Name") encased in tags to make the text "Page Name" a hot link, rather than making the actual url address the hot link. Am I making any sense?

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Kenneth ken

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:05 AM
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11. yes

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 03:27 AM by Kennethken

I used to know how to do that.

I don't now.

OK !

Now I have it again.

use brackets rather than lt gt symbols
then it's open bracket A HREF="http:\\website.com.html" close bracket
name you want to show (I used "link")
open bracket /A close bracket

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:09 AM
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12. Thanks Kennethken

I'll figure it out eventually. Thanks for your help :) I really do appreciate it.

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SoCalDem

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:15 AM
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13. kayleybeth and kennethken

what a cute couple :)

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Kenneth ken

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:23 AM
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14. thanks -

we like easy, clear names!

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:24 AM
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15. Okay

how did you do that with the link in your sig?

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Kenneth ken

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:28 AM
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16. err just like

Edited on Wed Oct-01-03 03:36 AM by Kennethken

SoCalDem said in her first response.

only I did it the hard way - dug out my book, and trials-and-erred it

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:35 AM
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18. That's it!

Thanks SoCalDem and Kennethken. Got it. Thanks for your help!

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kayleybeth

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Wed Oct-01-03 03:28 AM
Response to Reply #13

17. double names are

a Southern thing :)

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