Let's start this week with some leftovers.... these are links to people's best works that were provided after I posted the last collection of links last Tuesday... some very good stuff in there; I encourage you to stop by at least a few.
If you do go visit, please do leave a comment to let them - and me - know that you were there :)
This is a fair amount of work, which I don't mind doing ... but it is nice to have some indication that it is resulting in more visits.
And while you're off doing that, you can be giving some thought to what your own best work might be. I'd love it if you'd tell us about it; I am finding so many excellent articles that I have missed this way.
STRONG OAK TREES | |
Why I hate JK Rowling's editor: Our American decade with The Boy Who Lived |
And just in case you're still looking to learn how to create your own HTML links, here are the instructions I posted a couple of weeks ago ... if you aren't up for doing your own, though, don't worry ... just give me enough info to go on and I will still do it for you when I post the update later today.
To Make Your Own Links
It really isn't hard. Here's how I do it:
I go to the article I want to make a link to in another window (or tab, depending on the browser), and do that copying thing.
Then I type <a href="">whatever I want the link to say </a>
Then go back and put your cursor between the quotation marks ("") and right-click and paste.
So - if I want to make a link to Carolyn's photo essay about her walk because I very much enjoyed it, for example, I go there and copy the address of the article.
So http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977344441 is now in my clipboard
(or, as my friend Lorr used to tell me, in my mouse)
<a href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977344441 "> Click here to go for a walk with Carolyn </a>
becomes
Click here to go for a walk with Carolyn
The condensed version (assuming the link address is in your mouse)
<a href="paste"> type </a>
Have a happy Tuesday!
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Comments: 29
I apologise for my lack of contributions lately. I think you are doing a great job on Tuesdays, but all the intense therapy combined with trying to unpack my new house has kept me away from Gather for the most part.
I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight one of my articles that went pretty much unnoticed. It is the third (and final) installment of my series about living at 35 Archbold Road in Sydney -- Renovation/Dissolution
A number of people who read part two expressed an interest in reading the rest of the story, but it took me a long time to finish it -- too long, I guess. So, if any of you are out there and are still interested, here it is.
I can't do too much on this computer...can't post photos at all....hopefully will get this resolved soon.
I'm not very good at putting things in my mouse and then getting them back out...sometimes they work and sometimes not.....here's the url for a couple of articles readers seem to like:http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977354291
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977353573
I'll try to do better in the coming weeks. Please bear with me. Thanks
Thank you for forming a new group to email a reminder for sharing our best work. As one who hates most mass emails, I really appreciate your efforts.
Thanks for the repost of how to make a link. I used to know this but lost it somewhere.
A deep bow to Flit from Sandy F.
Your Mother-in-Law, the Sociopath
The mother in law sociopath one I'm betting it works anyway.
The Gas Stove
This is incorrect. I believe that the " " are standard for HTML (someone correct me if I'm wrong), however, it will work without the " " in the Gather environment. I can't speak for elsewhere. I always enclose my link URLs in " " and they do work.
What could be the problem? What could I have done wrong? Please help.
perhaps you just need to BELIEVE that it will work. Because it will, you know.