Didn't see the link?

[MacInWin]

Testing it:

Can't Read External Thumb Drive

Nope, missed something.

Can't Read External Thumb Drive

Taking out the space is wrong so putting it back again.

Can't Read External Thumb Drive

Nope, I guess it's just not going to work for me. Thanks anyway, Randy.

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Nope, I guess it's just not going to work for me. Thanks anyway, Randy.

My mistake, I left out the term "code". So it's:

open bracket, "URL", space, "code", equal sign, quote sign, "true", quote sign, close bracket, insert URL, open bracket, "/URL", close bracket

 

[IWT]

My mistake

A lawyer admitting a mistake! Unheard of Randy. The other side misunderstood

Ian

 

[MacInWin]

Thanks, Randy. Interesting experiment but it's just too much work, to be honest. I would have to write the post, include the link, then publish the post, edit the post to change the html to what you listed. That is a lot of steps to make it work. Maybe the MODs can have the support folks change the default html for embedded codes to have the right sequence you have provided?

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Thanks, Randy. Interesting experiment but it's just too much work, to be honest.

I just threw the code for creating a link into System Preferences --> Keyboard --> Text
and created an easy shortcut for it.

Now, when I want to cite something, I just throw the code into my post via the shortcut, pop in the URL, and it's done. Easy Peasy.

If the site provided it's own shortcut to doing it, that would be even better. But I'm just happy that I found an easy enough way to do it.

 

[pm-r]

Thanks, Randy. Interesting experiment but it's just too much work, to be honest.

Would that be the type of thing that Apple Script would be suitable for???

Certainly well beyond my abilities that's for sure...


- Patrick
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[Randy B. Singer]

Would that be the type of thing that Apple Script would be suitable for???

No, creating an AppleScript would be much harder.

Certainly well beyond my abilities that's for sure...

What part of it did you find difficult? Setting it up the way that I suggested was dead easy, and only took a couple of minutes. Where are you hitting a snag?

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Free Macintosh Software!

 

[Randy B. Singer]

There you go, that's the code to copy and paste. Just substitute the URL for my Web page for whatever page you are citing.

 

[pm-r]

What part of it did you find difficult?

I was referring to attempting to set up such a procedure using Apple Script.

Your instructions, now corrected, seem fairly easy to follow.


- Patrick
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[Rod]

Couldn't it simply be a different colour? i mean ther's nothing wrong with having the page topic/title so long as it's dicernable from the rest of the text.

 

[ferrarr]

What about if you use "return", then insert the link?

Didn't see the link?

Testing it: Can't Read External Thumb Drive Nope, missed something. Can't Read External Thumb Drive Taking out the space is wrong so putting it back again. Can't Read External Thumb Drive Nope, I guess it's just not going to work for me. Thanks anyway, Randy.

www.mac-forums.com

 

[Randy B. Singer]

What about if you use "return", then insert the link?

Free Macintosh Software!

Nope, that didn't work.

 

[ferrarr]

Free Macintosh Software!

Here's what happens when I do it.

Edit: Didn't work for me with your url either.

 

[Randy B. Singer]

When I use the method that I outlined previously, it works perfectly every single time, no matter what URL I choose:

http://www.si.com

 

[pm-r]

When I use the method that I outlined previously, it works perfectly every single time, no matter what URL I choose:

Sports Illustrated

Randy, could you re-post your method complete with all corrections In case I haven't got them saved properly???

Thanks
- Patrick
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[MacInWin]

When I use the method that I outlined previously, it works perfectly every single time, no matter what URL I choose:

Sports Illustrated

All I see is the URL, no expansion. Is that what you expected? The original discussion was more about getting a sort of preview. See post #2. The full URL address for some links would be pretty long.

EDIT: For example: Change the picture for you or others in apps on Mac

With your code:
Change the picture for you or others in apps on Mac

I give up. Copy and paste of your code, then changing the URL yielded rubbish. This is simply a dreadful design that needs to be fixed in the board settings.

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Randy, could you re-post your method complete with all corrections In case I haven't got them saved properly???

It is in Post # 22 with an example in post # 28. Nothing needs to be added or subtracted from these two posts.

There seems to be some confusion about what folks want to accomplish. What I wanted, and what I achieved, was an easy way to post RAW URL's (that are never-the-less hot, that is, clickable), rather than post a URL only to have it expand into some sort of little ad for the Web site you've linked to.

This is especially useful when linking to multiple parts of a single Web page, and it also makes it easy for users to copy and paste a link to save.

In post # 25 I outlined how to create a shortcut for pasting the code into a message, which is easier than copy and pasting it into a message every time that you want to use it. I apologize if this was too advanced and confusing for some.

 

[Rod]

Randy, I understand the process for putting the code into Replace, With in Keyboard text but I must be interpreting it wrong from your post #22 because it doesnt work for me. Could you just print it as you would enter it so I can just cut and paste it, please.

 

[Randy B. Singer]

Randy, I understand the process for putting the code into Replace, With in Keyboard text but I must be interpreting it wrong from your post #22 because it doesnt work for me. Could you just print it as you would enter it so I can just cut and paste it, please.

I did, in post #28. Does that not show up for you?