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How to link on Active Rain

Linking between blogs is a great way to reference other material that relates to a blog. Links can be used both in the actual blog of the comments of a blog. You can link to anything published on the web, that could be on Active Rain or any other page with a URL.

How To Link

The mechanics of linking are simple.

First navigate to the page you want to link too. Cut & paste the URL so it is on your clip board.
Highlight the text on the page you want to use as the "linking text". To Highlight that means take your cursor, go over the words while you are holding the mouse right click button down. Release the "right click" button and you will see your words highlighted.
Next click on the "chain link" in the bar at the top of the box. You will see a link and a broken link (side by side). Use the link. NOTE: if you have "pop up protection" on you computer, you will need to hold down the control key as you are clicking the link button. That will over-ride the pop-up.
A new dialogue box will appear. It looks like this:

In this box you will put the URL in the box where it say Link URL

click insert.

The box will close. When it does you should see the text on your page with a hyper link.

(the text you highlighted will be underlined)

If it is you did it right. If not, you need to start over.

Good luck!

Kristal Sells Denver Real Estate ~ this is a link to my website. See how easy it is to link now! Happy Linking to all! And to all a good night!

Posted by Kristal Kraft ~ Denver Real Estate on 11/03/2006 12:21 PM

Comments (20)

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20 Comments on How to link on Active Rain

Thanks so much Kristal. I was planning to ask this question to you techies today on a blog. You read my mind!

Ginger

ps. now how do we get this little comment box to go bigger???? I am always making typos in it!

11/03/2006 01:39 PM

by Wilmington NC Real Estate Ginger & Roger Sala Keller Williams (Keller Williams Wilmington North Carolina)

Ginger, Why yes, I looked into my Kristal Ball and noticed you were having a bit of a dilemma. As for making it "bigger?" I suggest stronger specs my dear. I have the same problem.

The twenty-somethings that build this site, obviously don't identify! Are you listening SEATTLE? :)

11/03/2006 01:42 PM

by Kristal Kraft ~ Denver Real Estate (The Berkshire Group Realtors)

I'm another one of those older "visually-challenged" members. I just ordered my first pair of full-time glasses (YIKES!) We used to be able to insert larger text in our blogs, but not anymore. Maybe we should ask Matt for a Large Print Version of AR?

KK - great stuff, as usual. Thanks!

11/03/2006 01:50 PM

by Rich Jacobson ~ ActiveRain Community Builder (ActiveRain Corporation)

KK,

Thanks for the explanation...now can you do the same for uploading pictures.

I tried and just can't get it to work. I was trying to upload a picture that was on a floppy. Do I have to load the picture up to my computer first?

Thanks for all your help.

11/03/2006 01:52 PM

by Eileen Landau, ABR, CRS, e-PRO (Realty Executives, REALTORS)

Eileen, are you really using "floppies?"

11/03/2006 02:03 PM

by Kristal Kraft ~ Denver Real Estate (The Berkshire Group Realtors)

Eileen, floppies? Wow, I haven't used them in years -- still have a box or two of unused ones. Do you remember the old floppies?

11/03/2006 06:59 PM

by Geri Sonkin (RE/MAX Hearthstone)

Kristal, great idea to post this, I think it will be a great help to a lot of people.

Eileen, you got me smiling with the floppies, but you know what, if it works keep on using them.

11/03/2006 09:20 PM

by George Souto (McCue Mortgage Co.)

Super idea!!! Alot of folks don't know this simple technology. I'm very grateful that I can share my knowledge. Thanks for yours!!!

03/25/2007 04:52 PM

by Chris Webster (BUYER'S CHOICE REALTY)

thanks for post. It should help me.

04/16/2007 01:38 AM

by Frank Rubi Louisiana Real Estate-Homes for Sale (Specialized Real Estate Services, Inc.)

Kristal, i could not help my but to show you that you help me. Check out my latest blog Servicing Our Clients or Do We? Thanks Again.

04/16/2007 02:05 AM

by Frank Rubi Louisiana Real Estate-Homes for Sale (Specialized Real Estate Services, Inc.)

KK - Can't thank you enough for this. I link all the time and I could never seem to get it right. Now all my links actually go somewhere!

05/02/2007 10:14 PM

by Maureen Henry - Rockland Home Staging (www.rocklandhomestaging.com)

OK...here goes. Hope I get this as I promised a link in my next blog! 5* for simplicity in direction

Jackie

09/18/2007 05:27 PM

by Jackie Peraza, Home Stager - Framingham, Massachusetts (Perceptions AdverStaging(TM), LLC)

Thanks for the info. I was wondering how to go about creating links and I'm happy I found this explanation. That's 1 less thing to figure out and only 9,345,721 more to go;-) (Give or take a few)

10/04/2007 03:26 PM

by Matt Moxhay Moorestown Real Estate (Prudential Fox & Roach)

Thank you so much It's like you read my mind.... I found your blog through Brad post on completing your profile and then I found out that your a tech pro too..... thanks again for your help...

11/04/2007 05:31 AM

by Donna Paul Dix Hills,Melville,Wheatley Hgts Homes (Keller Williams Realty Greater Nassau)

Thank you Lord, for a great post that is simple enough for me to understand.

Dee

03/09/2008 12:05 PM

by Dolores (Dee) Mauriello (Century 21 Crest)

Wow! I am such a newbie to all this tech stuff! I'm so glad there are people out there like you who are willing to help us learn! I'm reading, and learning, and reading and......whew! It's a little overwhelming!

04/03/2008 01:29 PM

by Debbie ptstaging.com of Denver

These are great instructions, Krystal...thanks for the help!

04/06/2008 11:03 AM

by Debra Kukulski-GRI; ABR; RECS; e-PRO (Re/Max Unlimited Northwest)

GREAT POST Kristal ! I link things all the time, but get in a hurry and have a bad habit of just posting the URL instead of a more descriptive text phrase and then linking that phrase. Some URL links look "scary" with all those strange characters and might even scare someone off from clicking.

Again...thanks for reminding me!

05/01/2008 06:38 AM

by David W. Bolick (Network Real Estate, Inc.)

Kristal-thanks so much for sharing this great and useful inforamtion. I always know if I have a questions or just wondering how to do something...go to AR.

05/01/2008 07:30 AM

by Patty Ledford-Your N. Ga. Mountain Agent -The Ledford Team-Blue Ridge, Ga. (EXIT Realty Mountain Properties)

Thanks. This is something that I wanted to learn.

All the best!

05/05/2008 02:34 AM

by Kevin O'Shea, White Plains, NY Real Estate (American Classic Homes, Inc.)