HTML ?

[Hunt]

I want to create a signature in my emails and other online posts that are linked to a webpage. I do not want to just copyclip the link. I want it to have some descriptive text for example "the best 2A web community on the internet" <---------this text is the active link but it takes you to http://www.calguns.net I looked at HTML tutors on the web and I think it's the HREF link but I just can't get it right.

[Coded-Dude]

it really depends on what kind of mail you are using. do you have it setup to send html messages, and does the receiving party have html emails enabled(most do). Some clients allow a sig file that automatically attaches to the end of an email you send out.


You want the Anchor tag:
<a href="http://www.calguns.net">the best 2A web community on the internet</a>

unsure if you wanted the quotes in there or not. email it to yourself to see if it works. PM me if you want tos send it to someone else(i.e. me) to also see if it works.

[dotalchemy]

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_href.asp

Essentially you start with an <a href=... tag, enter the url, endit with a >, enter some text and then close the entire section with an </a>

[Hunt]

http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_a_href.asp

Essentially you start with an <a href=... tag, enter the url, endit with a >, enter some text and then close the entire section with an </a>

ah ha thanks guys

[Hunt]

still doesn't work what am I doing wrong <a href= www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009 > How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power".</a>

[DeanW66]

still doesn't work what am I doing wrong <a href="www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009"

> How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power".</a>

You most likely also need the "http://" part in there since it is an external website. Your text above also has a line-break which will cause problems - but that could be an artifact of your paste here. Use the "[code]" tag when you post it here so nothing gets hidden.

[Hunt]

still doesn't work?

<a href="http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009">How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power.</a>

[Coded-Dude]

still doesn't work what am I doing wrong <a href= HTTP://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009 > How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power".</a>

So you want this:

<a href="http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009">How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power.</a>

Took like like this:

How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power.
^that is forum code use the Anchor code I posted, and it should work

Only thing I see is that you don't have quotes around the url.

[Hunt]

"http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009"

still doesn't work

[Coded-Dude]

you're going to need to be more specific......because that is the code you want.


What exactly is not working? (i.e. what is happening)
what email provider and/or client are you using(i.e. google, yahoo, exchange, thunderbird, etc.)?

[Hunt]

you're going to need to be more specific......because that is the code you want.
See here: http://sonyspot.com/hunt.html


what email provider and/or client are you using(i.e. google, yahoo, exchange, thunderbird, etc.)?

<br />
<a href="http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009" target="_blank">How not to be a victim of the courts, &quot;knowledge is power.</a><br />
How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power.

[Coded-Dude]

Lol sorry i thought we were focusing on a sig in your email, I missed the part about sigs online(message boards, etc.). You won't get it(html code) to work on the forums here.........only bb code works

if you want it in your sig here then quote my earlier post(#8) and copy/paste the [URL] code instead of the <A>.

[Hunt]

weird even when I view source and coply clip the exact code from post 8 where it does work it doesn't work when I post it here is the copyclip from post 8 that codeddude calls "forum code"

<br />
<a href="http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009" target="_blank">How not to be a victim of the courts, &quot;knowledge is power.</a><br />

[Coded-Dude]

[URL="http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=WM0009"]How not to be a victim of the courts, "knowledge is power.[/URL}

you want to use the URL tags for forums. Use the above code except close it with a square bracket not a curly bracket.

[Hunt]

How not to be a victim of the, criminal injustice system ah haaa it works, amazing what pushing a key on the keyboard can do.