Sorcha, I think it was the 'make a link thing' that PoppaGator was talking about.

One of the things that put me off for a while about the linkmaker was that the instructions say "cut and paste this into your post", when in fact you should copy and paste. Once I realised that was a mistake and I copied, it worked fine.

There is also an easier way to copy and paste than what PoppaGator described. A single left click just after the URL will highlight it. Then you right click on it and select 'copy', then in the linkmaker where it says 'link URL', you right click again and select 'paste'. If the link is to a thread, I often copy and paste the name of that into the 'link text' line too, to save typing it.

Then of course when you copy and paste that line of gobbledegook into your post, you must be sure to highlight the whole of it, including the < and > at each end. Apart from testing the link on the linkmaker, I always preview my post and click on my link in there to make sure it is working properly before I post.

Jenny (who knew absolutely nothing about computers two years ago before I got one and joined mudcat)