Live links in posts

[gen2]

Is anyone else having problems placing active links in their posts? To be sure I was using the new anchor tags correctly, I copied and pasted the structure directly from the FAQ page. I replaced the address with the full URL and replaced the other text with my own. But sad to say :-( it didn't work. The URL was taken as a relative address instead of an absolute address and http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Science/ was added to the front of the URL causing the link to fail - just as it did for many people under the old system.

Well folks, anyone know what I am doing wrong?
PS, I have e-mailed AB about this.

[dot.hawkes]

sorry i don't even know what u mean so just confusing myself.

[gen2]

Oh! What has happened there? I understood that the only way to post links now was to use the anchor tags like this:
my label which is pasted directly from the FAQs. I See that once again it is being interpreted as a relative link.

[gen2]

. . . and all we seem to be locked on BOLD now !

[alfiebrady]

You can use relative or absolute URLs, I think...
like ../Music/
opens music cat. in new window

[dot.hawkes]

I am not typing in bold, what u done there, you braked it lol

[dot.hawkes]

what are relative or absolute urls, i just cut and paste a link and it works

[gen2]

I must have missed out the close tag That should be better now.

[alfiebrady]

Yep, that works, as well as abs..
open this again


I think there's a glitch in the FAQ - don't copy it directly
try typing in <z target='_blank' href="bbc.co.uk/food">bbc food</z> , replacing the 'z' with 'a'.

[gen2]

Thanks alfiebrady, I was not trying to post a relative link, I was complaining that an absolute link was being treated as a relative link when I followed the instructions to the letter as given by our dear ABED in the FAQs

[alfiebrady]

What character are you using for quotes?

[lia*]

is this an adult conversation? because i don't understand a thing you all talking about. lol:-)

then again, what do i know about computers and how they work. i'm so far behind. simple words can have such difficult meanings sometimes.

[gen2]

OK then alfiebrady, so lets try it
bbc food

or does it have to have the http: and the www. as well?

bbc" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/food">bbc food


I am using the double quote (shift -2) round the url and the single quote (as you have used) round the _blank.

This really is strange. The first link is just as you suggested (wth the Z replaced with an A) and the second link is the first one copied and pasted and then with the http://www. added in. Neither links to the bbc as expected :-(

[gen2]

I think the techie boys (aka monks) still have a few bugs to iron out. Thanks for your help alfiebrady.

[lia*]

i'm still trying to figure out what you all talking about.

what is and absolute link? what does it mean?

what is a relative link? what does it mean?

[alfiebrady]

yes, sorry - mistake in the second example, the url needs to be prefixed with http:// - <z target='_blank' href="http://bbc.co.uk/food">bbc food</z>

and don't type in the target.. bit: the site automatically puts that in for you.

lia* - relative just means you can reference another page within this (AB) site without having to type in the whole URL

[gen2]

Hi lia*
I shall clarify it for you. I have been trying to post a link in an answer using the new instructions given in this site's FAQs.

A relative link is a link to a webpage on the same website. The computer automatically adds the website's address to the beginning of the link.

An absolute link is a link to a website somewhere else on the web.

My problem is that the Answer Bank software insists on adding its own website address to the beginning of every link I post. This gives the 'page not found' error - not surprising as the bbc webpages aren't on TheAnswerBank.

I hope this makes it clearer.

[gen2]

One last try then alfiebrady

bbc food

but it now looks EXACTLY like the FAQ example, but this time it works!

What is the difference?

Thanks

[lia*]

wow gen2! that was a great explaination
thanks for explaining that, i finally understood what you are talking about. i will add that to my notes, i'm always making notes because i so want to learn the computer world and language. the folks here on AB are so kind, i always bug them about the computer and they never fail to reply.

thanks again for clarifying that.

cheers,
lia

[kazza12345]

i still dont understand - if you put a link in it still works dosent it
www.bbc.co.uk

[kazza12345]

ok, so it appears it dosent!