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    Posted: October 30 2014 at 8:19am
To Albert and the Moderators:  I have read the FAQ's and have looked elsewhere, but can't find this answer.  

I can not figure out how to post an ACTIVE link (the one that is yellow and that you can click on).  I use the "hyperlink inserting tool", but my links still end up as regular text.  One would have to "copy & paste" the link into a new browser to read the article that I have referenced.

I have tried messing about with the "active link" inserting tool to find a solution, but with no luck so far.  What am I doing wrong?  I notice that "unactive" links happens to a lot of other people posting on this forum too, so I must not be the only one getting this wrong.  

Could "how to post an active link" be added to the FAQ's?

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bob- I had this same problem but only when using Quick Reply. Try using the Reply on a post (upper right hand corner with blue arrow) and see if that works.
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When you insert the address into the hyperlink box, try erasing the "http://" part at the beginning as it's already included (or https://). I used to have problems but that seemed to fix it. That said, nothing I do ever allows me to post working hyperlinks from my tablet.
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Arirish is right - depending how you reply pulls up different boxes for hyperlinks.
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Method 1,

This works in all the awkward tablets i-phones, kindles etc..

Copy the link.

Type:    [ U R L ]   now paste the link in here  [ / U R L ]                  Do not use any spaces,  I used them to avoid "now paste the link" being used as a link in this post.

Method 2, Copy the link.

Click on the "world with glasses" icon.  (If it fails to show it may be hiding behind the current page.)
                                                                                   
Insert/paste link into box between "http://"   and   "preview" boxes and click "ok".  This is the shortcut but if it fails the other way may still work.
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For a Technophobe you sure know your way around.
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Don't be fooled.  Hachiban taught me how to do the link.  My daughter uploaded my avatar for me.  My stepson defrags my computer (occasionally).  I can't tell a ram from a rom.
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Thank you all for your answers.  Maybe all of these answers could be added to the FAQ section in "How to post an active link"?
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Originally posted by Technophobe Technophobe wrote:

Don't be fooled.  Hachiban taught me how to do the link.  My daughter uploaded my avatar for me.  My stepson defrags my computer (occasionally).  I can't tell a ram from a rom.


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Not entirely sure why it's so difficult to insert a link, but I'll look around a little more.  I believe it has to do with the spam controls and blocking spammers, but we will try to figure it out.


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Albert- It may not be anything at all. I don't know how old bob is but some of us are old enough to remember setting around the wireless. We're just not good at the internets thing!
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Yes I arirish is right... contrary to what we'd like to believe most errors are human.
 
Techno method #1 is a winner!!  Thanks.  My only trouble ever comes when I'm on my ipad.  So I will use this method from now on. 
 
I also cannot use the bold, italic, color etc features on my ipad.  It just never works.  So if I wanted to bold something could I put those brackets around what I want bold & use the word BOLD instead of URL, would this work?
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