How to Embed Hyperlinks in Comments
I've had another request to explain how to code hyperlinks into reader comments.
It's pretty easy. You just can't make a typo.
Here's a benign sample text.
I think RealityChex.com is the best news website on the Internets.
The text you want to highlight is "RealityChex.com is the best" and the site you want to link is www.realitychex.com (Boldface type for ease of reading only; you don't have to use it!)
Immediately before the "R", you type <a href="www.realitychex.com"> No spaces (except between the "a" & the "h" in href). Be sure to include the the "greater-than" & "less than" symbols < > .
Of course, you don't have to actually type out the URL (Web address) you want to link. You just copy it from the source & paste it between the quotation marks in your code block. (Make sure you include all of the URL. If it begins with http:// , assume that part of the URL is necessary.)
So the only bit you have to type to begin your linked passage is <a href="">
To close the link, type </a> at the end of the text you want to highlight. In this case, you'd type </a> immediately after the "t" in "best".
At this point, then, your draft comment will look like this:
I think <a href="www.realitychex.com">RealityChex.com is the best</a> news website on the Internets.
You won't see the results of your coding till your comment appears on the site. Your published comment should look like this:
I think RealityChex.com is the best news website on the Internets.
I certainly don't require or even prefer commenters to use hyperlinks; I do it myself only because I work with rudimentary HTML code all the time, so it's easy for me.
Many other sites allow you to embed hyperlinks in their comments sections, using this same code. If there isn't a specific instruction on how to do so, I usually check other comments to see if anybody has embedded a hyperlink because not all sites accept HTML code in their comments sections.
If you think you'll forget how to do this by the time you have occasion to give it a try, you can bookmark this page. (Click on the header "How to Embed Hyperlinks in Comments". When the page comes up, click "Bookmark this page" on your toolbar [or wherever you keep your bookmark icon].)
Hope that helps.
Marie
UPDATE: You have to use "regular" quotation marks, not the special-character curlicue ones.
Reader Comments (1)
@Marie & Ak: Thanks for the lesson of the day. I find the hyperlinks especially helpful when using my handheld "remote" when away from the keyboard, mouse and big screen device.