How To: Linking to Another Site

The BBcode supports several methods to create links, most commonly known under URLs.First method, to create for an example a link to forumotion.com you must use :

Code:

[url=http://www.forumotion.com/]Visit forumotion.com ![/url]

Result : .
You'll notice that the link opens a new window, by this way the user can still browse the forums if he wants to.

Second method, if you want the link to display directly the URL :

Code:

[url]http://www.forumotion.com/[/url]

Result :

Third method, this forum owns a
functionality called 'Magic Links', that will convert automatically an
URL into a clickable link, without needing to insert a BBCode tag nor
http://. For an example, by typing

Code:

www.forumotion.com

in your message, it will be automatically converted into a link : .