Make a link live

[lovematch]

How can I make a link live.

 

[chrfr]

You need to explain further.

 

[Weaselboy]

How can I make a link live.

Do you mean like if you paste a link into an email? If won't be clickable (live) when you paste it in, but then the email is received the recipient's email client will see it as a link and make it into a clickable link. You can send a test email to yourself and it will do the same thing.

 

[lovematch]

Do you mean like if you paste a link into an email? If won't be clickable (live) when you paste it in, but then the email is received the recipient's email client will see it as a link and make it into a clickable link. You can send a test email to yourself and it will do the same thing.

I can do this on an e-mail but when passing one to a forum it isn't live.

 

[Weaselboy]

I can do this on an e-mail but when passing one to a forum it isn't live.

Ah... gotcha. It needs to have HTML code around the link to work. When in the message compose window click the globe I marked in my screenshot then paste the link into the popup box. That will surround your link with the HTML code required.

 

[lovematch]

Ah... gotcha. It needs to have HTML code around the link to work. When in the message compose window click the globe I marked in my screenshot then paste the link into the popup box. That will surround your link with the HTML code required.

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I have an Apple Mountain lion Computer and doesn't show these setting as explained.

 

[Weaselboy]

I have an Apple Mountain lion Computer and doesn't show these setting as explained.

It will be there if you click reply to my message it will look like the screenshot below. Other forums may look a little different, but they all have some variation of this same setup.

Just to clarify, you are asking about posting a link here in this forum?

 

[lovematch]

I've managed it and thank you very much indeed for your useful assistance and help.


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