HTML help needed

[disneysteve]

How do I add a link to a post but have the link text (in blue) read something other than the actual URL address? I want to add a link to my ebay challenge thread and want it to say "Join the 2009 ebay Challenge!" so that you click on that phrase to get to the thread. I know how to post a link but not how to make it show up as text.

[kork13]

Fairly simple... when you make the link, you get the standard {URL= "...."] and [/url] double bracket sets. The link address itself should be in quotes in the first bracketed set. Whatever you want the link text to say (once posted) is between the first bracket set and the second set, right before the [/url].

EXAMPLES: (I'm removing the first bracket, to allow you to see what it looks like)

So here's one normal:
URL="http://www.savingadvice.com"]http://www.savingadvice.com[/url]
http://www.savingadvice.com

Here's one with the text changed:
URL="http://www.savingadvice.com"]Click me![/url]
Click me!

[disneysteve]

Thanks. I used to do a lot of HTML when I ran my own website but its been years and I've forgotten all that basic stuff.

[Broken Arrow]

I know I'm just being nitpicky so please feel free to ignore this, but here's the code in HTML (rather than UBB):

<a href="http://disneysteve.savingadvice.com/2009/01/07/join-the-2009-ebay-challege_47057/">Join the 2009 Ebay Challenge!</a>

[Investing First Steps]

Yes. For the purist it appears Steve actually wanted UBB help, not HTML help.

[disneysteve]

Originally Posted by Investing First Steps

Yes. For the purist it appears Steve actually wanted UBB help, not HTML help.

My apologies. Since I have no idea what UBB is or how it differs from HTML, I'll just stick with what I did since it worked.