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Offline Leanda

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Improving links in your profile
« on: May 15, 2015, 09:59:04 AM »
Can anyone tell us how to get nice simple one-word links to our websites/social media pages under our posts? Erica, you have them exactly as I would like mine to read - e.g. you have 'Dasherie Magazine | Paperwhite Studio | Instagram | Facebook' all as separate links. How do you set this up in your profile please? :)

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Re: Improving links in your profile
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2015, 03:08:38 PM »
It's a little complicated, but here's how to do it:

Code: [Select]
[url=http://www.yourlink.com]Your Link[/url]
1. Click on 'Select' and then copy the code.

2. Go to your forum profile and paste the code into your signature.

3. Replace http://www.yourlink.com with the full address of the site you want people to visit when they click on the link.  Make sure that you don't erase the = before the address or the ] after the address, or the link may not work.

4. Replace the part that says Your Link with whatever text you want people to see.  Be careful not to erase the brackets on either side of it.

5. If you'd like, add another link by pasting the code again and following steps three and four.

6. Save your profile.

7. Go to one of your posts and test the link.
« Last Edit: May 15, 2015, 03:13:21 PM by Matthew_R »

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Re: Improving links in your profile
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2015, 05:34:44 PM »
It's a little complicated, but here's how to do it:
Bingo! You're a complete star Matthew. Great instructions, thank you! :)

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Re: Improving links in your profile
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2015, 12:47:19 AM »
So helpful! Thank you!
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Re: Improving links in your profile
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2015, 05:31:30 PM »
I was breaking my head! The code I found online has <> instead of []; I was very frustrated! LOL

THANK YOU MATTHEW_R!!

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Re: Improving links in your profile
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2015, 05:57:46 PM »
Thank goodness for Matthew_R! Somehow I missed this thread. Thank you for helping!  :)
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