Links

[Mexican18]

How do I put a link to another site in an answer?

[Zacs-Master]

Copy the content in the address bar at the top of the screen, into a post or question.

[Guilbert53]

In your browser go to the web site you want to link

Where the web site address is shown at the top of your browser (http....) "click" the address it so it is selected (should become white text on blue background)

Select Ctrl and C to copy it to the clipboard

Go into Answerbank and click where you want the link to go.

Select Ctrl and V to paste what is in the clipboard in to answerbank

Hopefully this should all work

[Mexican18]

Thanks Zac but I'm afraid I'm not very tech - savvy.Does that mean that I have to log out of AB and find the site then remember the web address and go back?Seems like a lot of trouble! Or am I misunderstanding?

[Buenchico]

Just to add to Guilbert53's answer (to prevent you from making a common mistake), make sure that there's a space both before and after the link when you paste it (or, possibly better still, put it on a line on it's own). If, say, you type a semi-colon immediately before it, or a full stop immediately after it, your punctuation will get mixed up in the link and it won't work.

Also the easier way to highlight the text in your browser's address bar is to RIGHT-click on it, which will bring up a menu at the same time. Select 'Copy' from that menu, then come to an AB post, RIGHT-click and select 'Paste' (which I find easier than using the 'Ctrl' shortcuts).

[Mexican18]

Thanks Guilbert.I understand now! Sorry Zac but you might as well have been speaking Swahili.Thanks.

[Buenchico]

Crossed posts there:

If you're already viewing AB, and want to provide a link to another site, OPEN A NEW TAB and then go to the relevant site in that tab. Copy the web address from that page and then return to the AB tab to include it in a post.

[Buenchico]

Crossed posts again!

Oh well, c'est le vie ;-)

[Mexican18]

Thanks Chico!