How do you put links in a post?

[Frank]

I tried and got an error message saying I can’t do that.

[Jamal]

There are a few ways to do it:

• Paste any URL directly into your post (and if you put it on its own line it gives you a nice box around it)
• Use Markdown:
  [link text](https://example.com) → link text
• Use the link button in the composer toolbar
• Use BBcode (like the old forum):
  [url=https://example.com]link text[/url] → link text

There’s more information in the Help category:

Quick Guide to Posting on TPF

You don’t need to know anything about Markdown (the simple formatting language used by the forum) to post on TPF—the toolbar buttons work fine, and BBCode still works too. But if you’d like a quick way to format posts using plain text, the examples below show the basics. Bold and Italic To make text bold: **bold text** To make text italic: *italic text* Quoting Someone You can select text in any post and click the Quote button, but if you want to quote something else (an external source, …

Let me know if none of those work for you.

[Jamal]

Sorry Frank, I completely forgot: only subscribers can post links.

UPDATE: But I think that’s too restrictive, so I’ve made it so you can post links if you get to Trust Level 2, which you’re already at as a member of the legacy-members group. So try it now and it should work.

[Christoffer]

Did we all become legacy members if we came from the old site now?

[Jamal]

Yes, I’ve been adding you all manually.