GrushaVashnadze
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Can anyone help me? How do I include a live link in the text of a story? What coding do I use when I submit it? Thanks!
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TheLobster
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<a href="http://url.to.link.to">text that will be shown as the link</a>Bear in mind that you can only link to literotica.com (including subdomains like forum.literotica.com).
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ElectricBlue
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Are you talking about a link to another Lit story ? If so, I've got the code for that somewhere. If you're talking about a link off-site, the site doesn't allow those.
GrushaVashnadze
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Yes, to another Lit story. Feel free to PM me if that's easier for you. Thanks in advance for your help!
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@TheLobster just gave you the link tag.
In case you’re ignoring him for some reason
, here it is again:<a href="http://url.to.link.to">text that will be shown as the link</a>
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Yes, agree with Noks. And I don't know the technical term, but make sure the quote marks used are the ones with the "straight lines," as opposed to the quotes with the "curled" shape. I think it affects the coding, at least when I've tested it in the Preview screen.@TheLobster just gave you the link tag.
In case you’re ignoring him for some reason
<a href="http://url.to.link.to">text that will be shown as the link</a>
TheLobster
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Indeed, the quotes need to be the ASCII ones, i.e. "
I wrote the previous post on my phone which is probably why it has the typographical/Unicode ones. I went and fixed it.
GrushaVashnadze
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@TheLobster & @Noks & everyone else - my apologies: no, I'm not ignoring anyone. Just, I'm not very good with coding and wasn't sure I understood your instructions correctly. Forgive me if I am a bit slow off the mark. May I trouble you to just check that I have understood you correctly?
Just for example, if I want to link to the story entitled Alison Goes to London, which has the url https://www.literotica.com/s/alison-goes-to-london-ch-01, should I type:
<a href="https://www.literotica.com/s/alison-goes-to-london-ch-01">Alison Goes to London</a>
Have I got that right? I genuinely appreciate your help: I just want to make sure I haven't misunderstood. Thank you!
Grusha
Just for example, if I want to link to the story entitled Alison Goes to London, which has the url https://www.literotica.com/s/alison-goes-to-london-ch-01, should I type:
<a href="https://www.literotica.com/s/alison-goes-to-london-ch-01">Alison Goes to London</a>
Have I got that right? I genuinely appreciate your help: I just want to make sure I haven't misunderstood. Thank you!
Grusha
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That looks right to me. You can check if it works on the Preview screen before you submit your story.
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If you upload your story rather than pasting it into the text box, any embedded URL hyperlinks are recognized by the system without any coding required.
Noks
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Yes. If you save the file as .html and open it, you'll see the link works.
TheLobster
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Looks good to me. Note that the text of your link doesn't necessarily have to be the literal title of the story; it can basically be anything you want.
Also note that this way of making links applies ONLY if you copy-paste your story text into the submission form. If you upload .doc or .rtf files, you should instead use your editor to create the link; otherwise you'll get literal <a href="etc. in your text (or Laurel catches it and bounces it back).
GrushaVashnadze
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Thanks to all! I tried it in the submission form, and it looks like it has worked. Much appreciated!
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I've been able to do it without all the coding, just going to the story list, highlighting the title and copy/pasting it into the manuscript. The coding seems to take care of itself.
TheLobster
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This works if you are using a rich text editor like Word and upload a DOC/RTF file, instead of pasting plain text into the submission form.
@GrushaVashnadze apparently does the latter, in which case pasting the cooied link would result in only the raw URL (http://www.literotica.com/etc) that’s not clickable.
GrushaVashnadze
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Just to prove that it works, see c. 4/5 paragraphs from the end of this story.
