I don't remember how to do it, but I'm sure that soon someone will come along who does and they'll tell us all about it. ;D
I hope they do anyway...
1. In your post, highlight the text that you want to make into a hyperlink.
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll291/msincredible99/link1.jpg)
2. Click on the "Insert Hyperlink" button above.
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll291/msincredible99/link2.jpg)
3. You will now see a [ url ] tag before your text and a [ /url ] tag after your text (minus the spaces).
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll291/msincredible99/link3.jpg)
4. Inside the [ url ] tag, place an equal sign immediately after "url", then the address of the webpage you are linking to. The closing bracket "]" should come right after.
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll291/msincredible99/link4.jpg)
5. If you click on "Preview", you should now see your link and you can test it before posting.
(http://i291.photobucket.com/albums/ll291/msincredible99/link5.jpg)
Example: I visited the Ducati (http://www.ducati.com/) website yesterday.
you ARE incredible!
thanks. ;D
Just an update...since the board overhaul, links are no longer automatically underlined, so they are hard to see.
I therefore now also highlight and change the color of the text that I am making a link so that it is easier to read.
Without changing text:
Example: I visited the Ducati (http://www.ducati.com/) website yesterday.
Example: I visited the [url=http://www.ducati.com/]Ducati[/url] website yesterday.
With text changes:
Example: I visited the Ducati (http://www.ducati.com/) website yesterday.
Example: I visited the [color=blue][u][url=http://www.ducati.com/]Ducati[/url][/u][/color] website yesterday.
I'd like to point out that, likewise, a person could use the IMG code to make the picture the "text" of the hyperlink, so it could be clicked and direct a person to such a place. Example below:
[ u r l = www.linktomonsterinformation.com (//http://)] [ i m g ] picture of monster file link [ / i m g ] [/ u r l ]
In action:
(http://ducatimonsterforum.org/Themes/default/images/dmf_logo_header.jpg) (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org)
vs.
Inaction:
(http://www.cyclecat.com/logo_cyclecat.png)
ato memphis... [clap] [clap]
nice!