For Attention Of Togo

[retrocop]

Very many thanks for your good advice re posting links which you offered me yesterday on CL's thread.I have just experimented with it and achieved it first attempt.

It seriously bugged me when some of us lost the ability to C&P in favour of e-mojis.I hope MargoTester gives it a try as I know she was in the same boat. It seems you definitely can teach an old dog new tricks. My thanks again for your help. Very much appreciated.

[barry1010]

It would be helpful if you could post a link to the thread, or copy and paste the advice 😊

[retrocop]

barry

See Togos post at 1810 yesterday on CL's 60s and 70s music post on Chatterbank. 

[retrocop]

Retro!!  I have posted this before but you may have been in hospital. To post links   ...   any link including YTube links.    ....
First type https://www.   ...   Then copy and paste the rest of the url/ link that is after that in the web address without a space. No space after you type https://www. is important. 

[barry1010]

Thanks, Retro

[Togo]

Glad you got it Retro. I have posted that method a few times now including in Tech and on the Ed's blog. I first posted it for instance on the day that the emoji facility was implemented when I, and others, could not get links posted. It should really be fixed by now. When the site is struggling to attract and keep contributors to the site it is not going to help if they find that posting links is not a supported option in the normal way. 

[MargoTester]

Hi Retro and Togo, well I may be doing something wrong but I still can't make it work! It used to be so easy - select item press copy button click on AB press paste

 

[brainiac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001trc4

Thanks for this info, I was having the same problem.  Above is just a random link to try it out!

[brainiac]

Bingo!

[MargoTester]

I use an iPad, would that make any difference 

[retrocop]

Hi Margo. I agree that it is a bit of a palaver.It was easier before 'improvements'. I am surprised the Eds haven't given this problem their full attention and instructed the so-called techies to sort it. They seem indifferent about these problems but are happy to encourage inane posts which go on for about 300 threadsAt least Togo's advice has got me a little way forward as I was about to look for a site elsewhere.

[retrocop]

Margo

I just tried to copy and paste your post re your Ipad but I can't seem to paste it back?

[MargoTester]

Perhaps it's the iPad that's the problem. I'm obviously in a small minority not being able to post links so the eds couldn't care less, but it's very frustrating 

[newmodarmy]

I have to fiddle about to paste anything. I use right click & paste but on Answerbank I don't get a  paste option until I've typed a few blank lines and spaces. I can then paste and  then remove all the blank lines, but it shouldn't have to be so fiddly.

[Togo]

Perhaps the tech wonks did it on purpose to stop the the most prolific copy and paster of all time. 😲