how do you post a link to a forum?

[mholloway]

I know how to post a link to a zip file from my drop box but how do I post a link to a thread.I wanna post the link to a ROM I am using.

 

[Codegerm]

Just include the URL address of the thread you are viewing in your post

 

[mholloway]

Just include the URL address of the thread you are viewing in your post

And doing that someone can press it and it will take them to the page?.

 

[dhabell]

And doing that someone can press it and it will take them to the page?.

No.

type the sentence. highlight the words or phrase you wish to hyperlink. then press the button on this first row of the thread editor that looks like the planet earth with a link of a chain in front. a box pops up. insert the web address in the box. hit ok.

 

[Codegerm]

And doing that someone can press it and it will take them to the page?.

Yes it will work as I did in this post

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...345-how-did-you-get-your-msl.html#post5337978

 

[dhabell]

Yes it will work as I did in this post

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-s2-...345-how-did-you-get-your-msl.html#post5337978

but with that way you cant choose the text of the hyperlink, youre stuck with the title of the page you are linking to, correct?

for example, in my way you can tell someone to check out a link to this really cool church. you can type the words 'cool church' but actually make them link to a nasty porn site. In your way the link would say 'big hooters' or something like that. right?

 

[Codegerm]

but with that way you cant choose the text of the hyperlink, youre stuck with the title of the page you are linking to, correct?

for example, in my way you can tell someone to check out a link to this really cool church. you can type the words 'cool church' but actually make them link to a nasty porn site. In your way the link would say 'big hooters' or something like that. right?

There is nothing wrong with seeing the actual link. If the link is to another post in the forums here then it automatically converts it to text. I personally would rather see the link, and not have it masked by a word.

 

[mholloway]

There is nothing wrong with seeing the actual link. If the link is to another post in the forums here then it automatically converts it to text. I personally would rather see the link, and not have it masked by a word.

Right,I want people to see the link of the forum.

 

[dhabell]

Right,I want people to see the link of the forum.

me too. but it doesnt matter. the person doing the clicking will have no way of knowing what youre actually linking to. just bc it looks like a link to a thread in this forum doesnt mean it is actually so. it would be very easy to make a link that says "one click root guide to BSGS2" but make it actually link to some totally unrelated site.

sometimes it's better to have a shorter link for simplicity's sake. but youre right, its totally up to the author.

I was just sayin lol.