Formatting and Links for use in Discussion Posts
By using the code below in your post, you can help to make your post more concise. Just use the simple codes as detailed below, you can also use the buttons on the page to insert blank codes at the end of your message, ready for you to add in your own text.
Formatting
- [b]some text here[/b] shows as some text here
- [i]some text here[/i] shows as some text here
- [u]some text here[/u] shows as some text here
- [code]some text here[/code] shows as some text here
Linking
- Link to by ID direct to an Image
[[5463]] shows as {TQ3328 : Ardingly Reservoir} - Include an Image Thumbnail by ID
[[[5463]]] shows as
Tip: Get the Image ID for use in building these links from the URL of the page (visible in the Address bar of your Browser) for example, to insert a link to the picture at http://geo.hlipp.de/photo/5463 use [[5463]]
- Webpage/URL
[url=http://www.example.com]Some text[/url] shows as Some text
Linking to a specific Discussion Post
You can get the link for a specifc post, by right clicking the # charactor at the beginning of a post, and selecting 'Copy Link Location' or similar. You can then use this in [url=...]thread[/url] tags.
Grid References in the text are identified and linked to the browse page.
To stop otherwise Grid Reference Looking Text being converted, either use lowercase or prefix with a !. For example !B4567 won't be linked but B4567 would, the ! mark is not shown on the final page.
- Email Address
[email=address@example.com]contact me[/email] shows as contact me