by Marty S.
Member since:
June 28, 2006

Making clickable links in comments

April 08, 2007 10:38 AM EDT
views: 170 | comments: 42

HTML is a neat way to mark up text.

<a href=http://martysalo.gather.com>Clickable link to martysalo.gather.com</a>

The above line shows what you need to have in your comments to allow people to click on a link.

The angle bracket "<" signify setting something off.

The anchor notation "a" signifies anchor.

The hyperreference "href=" is used to signify a hyperreference to a URL (in this case http://martysalo.gather.com).

The angle bracket ">" ends the URL/begins the text to be displayed.

The end anchor notation, set off by angle brackets "</a>" is required to inform the HTML decoder that you are closing the code.

Please, try making your own clickable links in the comments below. 

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Comments: 42

Marty S. Apr 8, 2007, 10:39am EDT
Clickable link to martysalo.gather.com
please stop by and contribute some comments.
Joe T. Apr 8, 2007, 11:11am EDT
I guess I didn't do it right. I'll try again. Please read my article:
Bhumika Ghimire Apr 8, 2007, 11:11am EDT
cool..didn't know that HTML tags work in the comments box..thanks
Joe T. Apr 8, 2007, 11:15am EDT
Please forgive the learning curve here:

The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it
Joe T. Apr 8, 2007, 11:17am EDT
Ok - I think I get it. Does this work in the publisher as well?
Landen Michaels Apr 8, 2007, 11:19am EDT
Always good to learn something new here...

Clickable link to stressedwriter.gather.com
arlene (no shame in my game) w. Apr 8, 2007, 11:40am EDT
Ok, here goes, Clickable link to rachel9964.gather.com
arlene (no shame in my game) w. Apr 8, 2007, 11:42am EDT
Hey, I did it! sort of.
arlene (no shame in my game) w. Apr 8, 2007, 11:44am EDT
Thanks Marty!
D Q. Apr 8, 2007, 11:57am EDT
oooh, I always wanted to learn how to do this!!!
Clickable link to my evil cat
D Q. Apr 8, 2007, 11:58am EDT
And it actually worked! thanks Marty!!!!!!
Marty S. Apr 8, 2007, 12:43pm EDT
Joe, no, for the main composition window for articles, highlight the text you want to have hyperlinked, and press the links of a chain icon near the top of the composition window.
Marty S. Apr 8, 2007, 12:45pm EDT
DQ, thanks, I like the article with the pic of the cat.
Olga M. Apr 8, 2007, 2:56pm EDT
THANK YOU, MARTY. I WONDERED HOW TO DO THAT.
Anne Marie A. Apr 8, 2007, 5:08pm EDT
ImageChef.com - Create custom images
I just had to post this first no link included
Pat S. Apr 8, 2007, 6:16pm EDT
How did you know I would go looking for just this thing today:

Machine Language
Pat S. Apr 8, 2007, 6:17pm EDT
Holy cow! It worked! Thank you, I've been looking everywhere for these instructions! You made it so simple!
Pat S. Apr 8, 2007, 6:18pm EDT
So, does this work in articles? When I hit 'publish', does it translate? Off to do a draft document and find out!
Pat S. Apr 8, 2007, 6:27pm EDT
Whoops, helps if I read all the comments. Thank you for all the help.
Ashley B. Feb 10, 2008, 2:35pm EST
Clickable link to jadianprime.gather.com
Nettie R. Mar 7, 2008, 10:11pm EST
< a href=htp://nettiemae.gather.com>

This is a test!
Nettie R. Mar 7, 2008, 10:16pm EST
well I flunked that one!
try try again...

clickable link to nettiemae.gather.com
Nettie R. Mar 7, 2008, 10:21pm EST
well glory be! thank you marty! shazam!
Carol P. May 30, 2008, 2:32pm EDT
Thanks for breaking this down in language I can understand!
Amy C. Jul 28, 2008, 4:38pm EDT
"Clickable link to martysalo.gather.com"
Amy C. Jul 28, 2008, 4:59pm EDT
"Clickable link to martysalo.gather.com"
Penny M. Sep 7, 2008, 5:39pm EDT
Endless Points
Janell R. Oct 27, 2008, 9:23pm EDT
testing
http://tinyurl.com/3eem7t
Clickable link
Janell R. Oct 27, 2008, 9:24pm EDT
one more time

Clickable link
Janell R. Oct 27, 2008, 9:25pm EDT
thanks!
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Oct 31, 2008, 11:08pm EDT
Clickable link to jasper w. gather.com
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Oct 31, 2008, 11:15pm EDT
Click on my photos
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Oct 31, 2008, 11:18pm EDT
Clickable link to deacon1.gather.com
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Oct 31, 2008, 11:20pm EDT
Click here
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Oct 31, 2008, 11:23pm EDT
check out my photos
Sarah Honenberger Nov 1, 2008, 7:54am EDT
Here's my attempt, but how does it get converted to a cutesy saying like jasper's 'click here' or 'check out my ...'

< a href=htp://readwhitelies.com>
Sarah Honenberger Nov 1, 2008, 7:56am EDT
I failed, here we go again.


< a href=htp://readwhitelies.com>Clickable link to readwhitelies.com
Sarah Honenberger Nov 1, 2008, 7:56am EDT
HELP!!!
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Apr 15, 2009, 12:50pm EDT
Click here
(Jasper,(Disciple for Christ. w. Apr 15, 2009, 12:56pm EDT
click here
Marsha S. Aug 1, 2009, 5:40pm EDT
I hadn't used the html for so long I had to come find a post that told me how.

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