It is very easy to create a link to either another FlyerTalk thread or to a different site altogether on the Internet.
One can either format the link as
FlyerTalk or simply as
www.flyertalk.com. If one places the cursor over a link, the link will automatically highlight with an underline. This is especially useful if a link — to
FlyerTalk, for example — has been formatted and stylized.
One caveat, however: If one posts an unformatted link (such as
www.flyertalk.com) which is extraordinarily lengthy, it will alter the width of all of the mileposts located on that specific “page” of that thread by expanding them, causing most other FlyerTalk members to continuously scroll left and right simply to read each milepost on that “page” in that thread. Formatting a link is one way to resolve this problem.
If a link
must be unformatted, there are methods in which a link to an Internet web site may be shortened by creating a shorter link that serves the same purpose. Two of many such Internet web sites where one can shorten a link are as follows:
By the way, any long string text unbroken by a space or return will create the same undesirable result as the lengthy unformatted link. Commas, periods and other punctuation will
not break up the text as does a space or return.
The undesirable expanding effect also occurs in one’s profile to the left of each milepost that one posts if there is lengthy unbroken text in one’s profile.
Please be considerate to other FlyerTalk members and fix or break any lengthy text or unformatted links. Thank you in advance.