• soaringraven said on Jul 02, 2008....

  All you need to do is once you have that long link address in place, highlight it and type the word or words you want to replace it with.  The link remains live but only the words you chose to appear are there.

  soarng

   

• MissMimi said on Jul 02, 2008....

  Here is how I do it.  I'll link one of my posts.

  First, you need to have two browsers open, one with the post you're writing, and one with the post you want to link.

  Make sure you're in Compose mode.

  Okay, let's say I wrote the sentence, Mimi is a big chicken.  Highlight the words you want to use for the link. (in bold)

  Switch to the other browser, the one with the post you want to link.  highlight and copy the URL. 

  Go back to the post you're writing and click on the little icon with the blue globe on it.  A little box will appear in the upper left corner of the screen.  Paste the URL in the little box and click okay.

  For example,

  Mimi is a big chicken. 

• wombat said on Jul 02, 2008....

  soaringraven and MissMimi:   Ok, your words are here, but not computing yet.  I will work on it!  I see the problem...  I never have two browsers open.  That is like opening the window twice in my computer room.    I can barely do it once.   Ha. 
   
  Thanks though.  I promise to try this soon.  Maybe not today.  Maybe not tonight. But soon.  (Bogie impression)

• wombat said on Jul 02, 2008....

  How do you have 2 browsers open?
   
  I just tried to do it, and started a new post to be a test....but got stuck as soon as I realized I had only one browser open, I guess. 
   
  sorry for being so dumb!

• Eilan said on Jul 02, 2008....

  Which browser are you using?
  
  I use Mozilla Firefox, and I just click on the File menu and then click on "New Tab."

• wombat said on Jul 02, 2008....

  Still on Explorer something or another....and need an upgrade......that's my  best guess to this question.   I have subsribed to Firefox at one time or another. It's on there when I click on, anyway, but I don't mess with it. 
   
  Wow, I am in trouble, and nevermind!

• quietone said on Jul 03, 2008....

  wombie - this is the best post I found and so helpful when I first joined and didn´t know how to do all that stuff. Polar has a wonderful lists of "how to´s"  Good luck, have fun.

• queenparanoia said on Jul 03, 2008....

  i think they just said it... =)

• wombat said on Jul 03, 2008....

  quietone:  I will look when I have more time....off to work I go... If I still have trouble, you can talk me through it on messages sometime!  Ha...
   
  Queen:  Maybe....I will have to work on it.
   
  Thanks all for responding and trying to help a dense person!

• silverwhisper said on Jul 03, 2008....

  for pity's sake, install firefox and stop using that crappy internet explorer!
  
  ed

• wombat said on Jul 03, 2008....

  testing out the link--cross your fingers....
   
  I did it!
   
  Thanks all!  I used the link quietone posted, to go to polarhearts post with lots of great info!  Thank's a million, you guys!
   
  Now, if I install Firefox---what will happen?  Will I lose my yahoo home page with my e-mail, weather, etc....that I am used to having?  I am still looking for my old yahoo home page, from when I accidentally created a new e-mail name while trying to upload photos from MySpace to flickr.  When I got back--it said, "Welcome---------!"  I had a new email address and have never found my old stuff since.  I had to get everyones email addresses all over again and start over as if I had just gotten a computer for the first time!
   
  That's why I am afraid to use Firefox--but I guess I already have it, right?  It is on my screen to click on, along with Comcast (which I don't use, either) and Google etc...  I know, I am lame!  I just don't know anything about Firefox--as to what will happen with Yahoo?
   
  But thanks, silverwhisper and everyone!

• wombat said on Jul 03, 2008....

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