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BPO Off Topic Forum => Anything Non-Dog Related => : macybean August 23, 2006, 03:19:28 PM

: ARgh-my signature
: macybean August 23, 2006, 03:19:28 PM
Or lack there-of.

I'm trying to add a signature to my posts:

Photographer
www.anneliesep ickard.com

I tried to do the website in HTML: <a href="www.anneliesep ickard.com">www.anneliesep ickard.com[/url]

It's not working, though. I'm missing something, aren't I?

It comes out as:

Photographer
d.com=something or another... It's a link, but to nothing.

I know there's a basic answer to this that I'm missing.

Thanks guys!
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: macybean August 23, 2006, 03:23:20 PM
Okay, see that "d.com" stuff? I didn't write that (except near the end when I was explaining it).  ???
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: SA_horses August 23, 2006, 03:37:37 PM
You need to disable smilies.  You probably already know how, but just in case:

Click on "Additional Options" between the box for typing the post and the "post" and "preview" buttons.  There is a box there to check, labelled "Don't use smileys."

About the signature itself, I don't know...you tried just typing it in?  There are many people here who are really good with computers and websites, so I am sure that one of them will come along to help you.

Sofia
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: macybean August 23, 2006, 03:41:35 PM
So I need to disable smilies on every post if I want to use my signature? Why, though?

Sometimes computers are very annoying! lol
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: SA_horses August 23, 2006, 03:51:00 PM
So I need to disable smilies on every post if I want to use my signature? Why, though?

That's not what I meant, although it may be correct.  I hope not.  Sorry about not being clear...:-[

What I was saying is that the messed up links in your first post can be corrected by modifying/editing the post and disabling the smilies.

Sofia
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: saintbarney August 23, 2006, 03:58:00 PM
Did you just type in the url? That's all I did with mine is type in www.dog-care-central.com and it linked it for me just fine. I didn't have to insert any html codes.
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: macybean August 23, 2006, 04:43:44 PM
So I need to disable smilies on every post if I want to use my signature? Why, though?

That's not what I meant, although it may be correct.  I hope not.  Sorry about not being clear...:-[

What I was saying is that the messed up links in your first post can be corrected by modifying/editing the post and disabling the smilies.

Sofia

Ah, okay. I was thinking it wouldn't make sense for the signature, but if it'll clean up the post... Well, I don't know about making sense, but it makes more sense than the other way.

When I just typed it in, it did the d.com thing, but I'll try again. Maybe I was doing something else with that.
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: macybean August 23, 2006, 04:45:48 PM
Okay, now I've got it in the little box as:

Photographer
www.anneliesep ickard.com

And it's got the d.com stuff. Sigh...

And I am going to disable smilies on this post to make sure that stuff I just typed here doesn't change, too! lol
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: saintbarney August 23, 2006, 07:56:28 PM
How weird! I hope you can figure it out.
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: chaos270 August 24, 2006, 04:11:35 AM
Okay it worked for me by just typing their addresses in for dogster. So I'd retry typing it in regularly and see if that works.
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: saintbarney August 24, 2006, 09:39:38 AM
Maybe try using BBC codes...I tried it in my signature and it worked.

I'm going to use parenthesis but you will need to replace them with "[ ]" those kind of brackets (minus the quotes)

Photographer
(URL=http://www.anneliesepickard.com)www.anneliesep ickard.com(/URL)

BTW, I love your photos on your site! I love photography and am returning back to college this semester to take photography classes. :)
: Re: ARgh-my signature
: macybean August 24, 2006, 11:44:37 AM
I've changed it to the [URL] version, but it's still showing up funny. Thank you for the suggestion, though! And thank you for the compliments. :) Good luck with school!