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Even after all this time it seems that many people have not learned how easy it is to make a direct link in a post. All you have to do is paste the link in "optional link url" at the bottom instead of pasting it in the body of the message. It is no more work for the poster because they are cutting and pasting it anyway, and it saves a lot of trouble for anyone who wants to look at the site. Otherwise they have to cut and paste the link into their browser. Please folks, it's easy, so if you want to make sure people see the site you are linking to put it in the right place!!!
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Just copy the damn link and paste it in the "optional link url" space at the bottom of the "Post a Message!" box. 10 seconds is all it takes!!
You might want to save it to your desktop and post it under every post which doesn't contain an active link. Maybe the visual will get their attention!
Excellent! PLease post it again on all the forums for those who missed it or couldn't be bothered. I seem to have become persona non grata for my attempts, maybe you will have better luck.
But if you right click on the graphic I made, one of the menu options will be "save image as", and you can save it to your computer to do with as you wish. If I remember correctly, I made the graphic for an Inmate who didn't seem to understand how to create a link, and he openly said so.
I wouldn't post it to all forums, because that would violate the Asylum's rule for multiple postings, an infraction I find particularly irksome, but one the moderators don't seem to care too much about.
As for your frustration with this, especially when long-time Asylum members can't be bothered to properly post a link, I'm with you. I find it lazy, and I have to really be interested in what their topic is before I'll bother to copy and past their inactive link into a new browser. Not because it's particularly difficult, but because I figure if they can't be bothered, then neither can I.
My sentiments exactly, so I am through leading horses that won't drink to water. I think it would be alright if someone other than me wants to post it all the forums though. How else could you get such a message out to everyone? Not everyone reads every forum.
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I've been on many forums and all are different. Especially for us old farts we're kind of slow on the uptake. I want to thank you for posting this I had no idea how to link videos.
Other sites I've been on it was possible to insert the video directly into the text, not just the link. If there's a way to do that here I would like to know that also.
Inquiring minds want to know.
Martin
But that doesn't mean the indifferent are going to read it.
I have two choices. I can let it bother me, or choose to ignore it. I generally try for the latter, 'cause it makes me happier in the long run.
Water off a duck's....etc.
"Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. 'Cause now I'm an amputee" J. Lennon
I can't always remember 'em all, so I use this primer :-)
https://www.w3schools.com/html/
all the best,
mrh
This is even easier, especially useful for adding multiple links in a single post . A quick couple of "copy and pastes" and you're done.Italics , bold , underlined , red text etc. are even easier.
Now if they only had spell check and grammar correction for those who write posts as if English were their second language.
I've asked Rod about the issue of characters getting changed on the Asylum. For example I'll type....
Well, there you go. I tried to edit this post for a simple spelling error, and now the whole thing has become corrupted. Point proven.
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like, what text would I put in here ?
all the best,
mrh
I use Firefox/ABC Tajpu at home for Greek and Cyrillic characters. Frequently, the gibberish you describe happens in post preview. The immediate solution is to mouse highlight the trash, hit ctrl-v (paste), and preview again.
Long term corruption of characters other than the ubiquitous Latin, numbers, and "national" IS a matter of concern.
Eli D.
I've never tried (or even heard of) ABC Tajpu, Eli, so thanks for that. I'll have to check it out.To enter the charterers I mentioned, I hold down the Alt key and type 0186 for degree, 0181 for micro, and 0162 for cent. I think those codes are normally used in Microsoft Word, but they work here on the Asylum. Note that the numbers must be entered via the number pad to the right of a standard keyboard. Using the numbers across the top, under the F1, F2 etc. keys won't work.
I've never had them go awry in preview, or even in post. But if I go back and try and edit my post, or look at something I posted five years ago, that's when the gibberish often shows up.
Below is a link to Rod's "We're working on it" reply to me.
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Degree is easy, without any "trick". Just use the superscript HTML tag around lower case "o". I'll send 105 degrees Celsius, as an example.
105 o C.
Eli D.
You lost me with that one, Mr. D. I'll google search it in the morning.
From your moniker I figure you ride.
And if you'd have read my profile, you'd have seen this: "Forty three years of motorcycle riding hasn't helped my hearing any, but I still love to do it. (Yes, I wear ear plugs) "
Is that a picture of your bike? If so, nice! I'm a fan of solo seats and drag bars. That's how my Shovel is set up too. Or, it was. I went to apes and a solo seat, but want to change it back to drag bars, because I love the look. The apes are more comfortable, but now that I have an Electra-Glide for trips, the drag bars won't be an issue for around town.
Here's a picture from about fifteen years ago, pre solo seat.
Minus the paint job, and numerous other changes the bike looked very similar to this for my trip.
Very schveet looking scoot, my brother rides an older Sporty 1000.
My bike has a couple of looks depending on the season, (rainy vs dry).
Purchased in 2008 I rode the bike from S. FL to N. CA and back, alone averaging more than 800 miles a day. It still had Honda colors then but was already bobbed when I bought it so needless to say I made the trip with only the clothes on my back lol.
The tank represents my companies logo, Kingshead Electric.
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800 miles per day? Damn! I did 1003 miles in one 17 hour day last year from SC, headed towards Laconia NH for bike week, and thought that was a lot. And that was on a cushy Bagger with air shocks and a couch for a seat. We stopped in Connecticut for the night, then rode the last 300+ miles the next day. But 800 per day, especially on that solo seat is bustin' ass!
I'm planning a trip to CA next summer, and knowing the men I ride with, they'11 want to do it in one day. We'd have kept going on our Laconia run, but one guy's eyes were eaten up by pollen and he couldn't see, so we stopped for the night.
Thanks for the head's up on the King Logo. I was curious.
Ride safe.
Well, on the last leg of the return trip due to circumstances beyond my control it consisted of the last two legs. Meaning 25hrs and 1500 miles in the saddle. I collapsed into my wife's arms and slept for 14hrs when I got home.
Martin
"Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. 'Cause now I'm an amputee" J. Lennon
I might have forgotten to mention I was 51yrs old, had previously broken my back (crushed two vertibrae, herniated a disc, and compressed two other discs) less than three months prior, and the best part, and most likely the only reason I was dumb enough to do this alone, I only had four days riding experience when I started the ride.
What an idiot
Oh ya, I left on April 1st, that's right, very appropriately April fools day and I was definitely "the fool".
Martin
And I thought I was nuts! It was my second year of riding (which, given where I lived at the time meant that I had about a total of 5 months experience because of long winters) that I decided to take a trip.
I got on my new Harley and rode it across state, and directly through the New York City expressway system during rush hour. Total chaos, and not something I'd recommend for any rider, much less with one with as little experience as I had.
Somehow I lived...And learned.
"Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be. 'Cause now I'm an amputee" J. Lennon
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