Old photos of unknown grandfather Leech cousin from Cabra West in Dublin

[Karen McDonald]

Karen:

[ url=the actual web address] now the the words you want to actually post[/url]

There is NO SPACE between the first [ and url.  It's the only way to show you without it turning into a link. Don't forget the = sign!

So your above link would be, with the space :
[ url=https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto] Karen's Link[/url]
Taking out the space gives:
Karen's Link

Brilliant! Thanks very much, bbart! I'll make a note of that.

You can also go to ‘Shrink Link’ at the bottom of this page - insert the url, shrink the link and copy the new one.

Thanks! I discovered that earlier today - I had never noticed it before.    But I really wanted to be able to chuck in a cool "click here" in my text.  Now I can. 

What was that about never being too old to learn?   

Big thanks to both of you! 

[heywood]

I asked several years ago about it too Karen and at that time was taught your method. I always thought it looked so professional when someone did it   
Then I discovered shrink link (not really, someone pointed it out).

Oh, it’s all good stuff