How Does One Rename a URL?

[sara505]

How do I change a URL into a specific name or word?

I've seen the answer here in the past, somewhere, but can't locate it.

Thank you.

[BeachsidePaul]

Sara If I'm reading your question correctly it would be :

<a href="www.gotothispage.com">click here to go there</a>

[Andy]

And such html help is right on our html help page:

http://www.smugmug.com/help/html-help.mg

[sara505]

Sara If I'm reading your question correctly it would be :

<a href="www.gotothispage.com">click here to go there</a>

Paul, you are most likely reading my question correctly, but unfortunately, I'm not understanding your answer. :scratch

Specifically, I'm trying to get this:

http://sara505.smugmug.com/gallery/1916215_dAMGg#524919534_epaqY

to look like this: Sara's N-Q-D Photo Journal.

Thanks again.

[BeachsidePaul]

Sara, try this in your html:


<a href="http://sara505.smugmug.com/gallery/1916215_dAMGg#524919534_epaqY">Sara's N-Q-D Photo Journal</a>

[sara505]

Sara, try this in your html:


<a href="http://sara505.smugmug.com/gallery/1916215_dAMGg#524919534_epaqY">Sara's N-Q-D Photo Journal</a>

Paul, thank you. What do you mean "try this in your html?" Paste it someplace?

Sorry - it's me, not you!

[Andy]

Paul, thank you. What do you mean "try this in your html?" Paste it someplace?

Sorry - it's me, not you!
Sara- where do you want this to be?

[sara505]

Sara- where do you want this to be?

Hi, Andy.

I'm trying to add it to my e-mail signature.

Thanks.

[sara505]

Hi, Andy.

I'm trying to add it to my e-mail signature.

Thanks.

Anybody out there willing/able to help me with this? Will be much appreciated.

It can't be that hard, as everyone seems to know how to do it.

One explanation had me 1. typing the new text. 2. highlighting the new text. 3. pasting the actual url into the highlighted text. Sounded easy, but I couldn't get it to work.

I would love to understand Paul's explanation, but alas, it is lost on me.

Would love to know how to do this. Thanks.

[Andy]

Anybody out there willing/able to help me with this? Will be much appreciated.

It can't be that hard, as everyone seems to know how to do it.

One explanation had me 1. typing the new text. 2. highlighting the new text. 3. pasting the actual url into the highlighted text. Sounded easy, but I couldn't get it to work.

I would love to understand Paul's explanation, but alas, it is lost on me.

Would love to know how to do this. Thanks.
I have no clue how to do this, but I can tell you that those who may be able to help would need to know what email client you are using.

[sara505]

I have no clue how to do this, but I can tell you that those who may be able to help would need to know what email client you are using.



I use Eudora - it's not like g-mail, or those guys, I don't think - it's not a web site. I think, when you say "e-mail client" you might mean Verizon? anyway, Eudora is the application I use to read and send e-mail, and there's an option to create a signature page - you just type in what you want - you've seen this: quotes, sayings, and what-not.

I currently have, as my signature:

Sara

Sara Piazza Photography
www.sarapiazza.com

* Star Productions Music

www.sarapiazza.com is active and takes you to my SM site.

I want to add the above-mentioned words: Sara's N-Q-D Photo Journal, and have them linked to a page on my web site.

When I type in the url of the page I want the link to go to, it is also active. I just don't want that laundry list of letters and numbers, want the above words instead.
Sorry if I'm not explaining this correctly, or for my possibly mistaken nomenclature.

It seems as if it should be a simple process of renaming?
Will keep looking around, and if anyone here has an idea, would love to know about it.
Thanks again.

[BeachsidePaul]

Well Sara I'm not familiar with Eudora but that's what needs to be changed and somewhere in there you have already created a signature. You need to find where you put that signature and then you can probably use the code I put up earlier. Sorry but I don't know the Eudora client so can't give you the specifics but, hopefully, there is a Smugger out there that can give you more specific directions. Paul

[sara505]

Well Sara I'm not familiar with Eudora but that's what needs to be changed and somewhere in there you have already created a signature. You need to find where you put that signature and then you can probably use the code I put up earlier. Sorry but I don't know the Eudora client so can't give you the specifics but, hopefully, there is a Smugger out there that can give you more specific directions. Paul

Thanks, Paul. Finding the signature is no problem, I'm familiar with that.

I was referred to Eudora's site, given the code, which instructions I followed (I'm pretty sure) precisely, and followed instructions for saving, but still end up with this:

<html>
<body>
<br /><br ><br /><a href="http://sara505.smugmug.com/gallery/1916215_dAMGg#524919534_epaqY">Sara's N-Q-D Photo Journal</a>
<br /><br />
</body>
</html>

[mlee]

I'm not sure exactly how Eudora works, but it sounds like you're formatting the email in plain text when it should be in HTML for HTML to work properly.

Mike

[sara505]

I'm not sure exactly how Eudora works, but it sounds like you're formatting the email in plain text when it should be in HTML for HTML to work properly.

Mike

Isn't that code I wrote out (above) html code?

I don't really know from code, I guess.

[sara505]

Finally got it!! :clapafter hours of fiddling with code and perusing the net, just about ready to check myself into the booby hatch.

I ran into a friend, a computer guy, asked his advice. He said, that's easy, just type your text, highlight it, right click, select HYPERLINK, type your URL into the box.

Well, Eudora didn't give me a hyperlink option, so I tried it in Word, then copied off of Word into my Eudora siggie - and voila! It Works!

I knew it was easy - I see it everywhere.

So, maybe this info will help others.
Hope I don't fall into any more black holes today.:D

[Andy]

New thread not needed I merged your posts. Always best to stick with the topic you started, so it all makes sense.

You can always find your own posts simply by clicking on your name.

[sara505]

New thread not needed I merged your posts. Always best to stick with the topic you started, so it all makes sense.

You can always find your own posts simply by clicking on your name.

I started a new thread so it would be seen. I thought the solution was important enough to be seen.

Thanks, I know how to find my own posts.

[Andy]

I started a new thread so it would be seen. I thought the solution was important enough to be seen.

Right but it didn't reference the problem so nobody could / would possibly understand.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

[sara505]

Right but it didn't reference the problem so nobody could / would possibly understand.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

My mistake.

After spending several hours yesterday, being taken all over the map, into the world of html and code, perusing the net and following conversations in a couple of different forums - basically wasting half a day trying to find out how to do what I knew was a simple procedure, but just couldn't remember it - I was ecstatic to finally have happened on the solution.

Well, I just chalk it up to what I affectionately call "the tuition of life." Or maybe I'll call it a sick day - yeah, that's it - I had the swine flu.

And PS - Last night I also remembered that Eudora *does* have a hyperlink option. It's in the tool bar above, and is as simple as typing in your text, highlighting it, clicking on the hyperlink icon (which you can only see if you've highlighted the text - so no wonder I forgot it's there), then inserting the hyperlink.

So, yeah, a little bummed I spend literally hours trying to do something that should have taken 30 seconds - the story of my life, some days.

I am also realizing that the terminology of my question could have been confusing - I should have asked, "how do you insert hyperlink into text," not "how do you change the name of a URL."

Oh well, live and learn.

Have a good one.

Sara (http://sara505.smugmug.com/gallery/1916215_dAMGg#524919534_epaqY)

[Andy]

I am also realizing that the terminology of my question could have been confusing - I should have asked, "how do you insert hyperlink into text," not "how do you change the name of a URL."

Oh well, live and learn.

Have a good one.

Sara (http://sara505.smugmug.com/gallery/1916215_dAMGg#524919534_epaqY)
Hah don't worry at all - you'll find that we and the helpers are pretty good at figuring out what you all want, no worries if you don't know exactly how to ask! We got there :D