[Fmpro] Broken Links

[James Ryan]

Hi JB,
Thanks.  I got this info from a techie on another list.  It does  
appear to work. For followup, I tried another method where you assign  
a link to a phrase. In Outlook on a PC, you highlight and right click  
on the phrase and you'll find a menu item for assigning a link to it.   
Follow the dialog, type in your link, and Interestingly, the word or  
phrase gets underlined and the link follows it with, yes, you guessed  
it, the brackets <  > before and after the actual link.   Apparently  
Microsoft believes it's a good idea to place those brackets to avoid  
link chopping.  On a mac in the Mail app, it's even better. You just  
right or control click on a highlighted word or phrase and select Link/ 
add.   A window will appear into which you can type in or paste a  
sixteen foot link if you like, and it will be imbedded in the word/ 
phrase as a hyperlink.  Very slick.  Here's one to demonstrate.  You  
see these in many professional/advertising emails:

Mark Northam's Way Cool Website

Click it.  It works.  Much more elegant that typing out a huge link  
into an email, and much easier to read and immediately understand.

Best,
James

On Apr 4, 2008, at 2:54 PM, bipcress at comcast.net wrote:

> Thanks James. I, for one, can use all the help I can get  
> understanding these
> damn machines. I have a PC, but all my friends tell me that Macs are  
> easier
> for artsy-fartsy types like me to use. - JB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Ryan" <jeryan at optonline.net>
> To: <fmpro at nxport.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 9:48 AM
> Subject: [Fmpro] Broken Links
>
>
>> For those posting links to other sites and information, there is a
>> trick to keep your link from getting chopped up by internet gates and
>> funky email servers.  Simply put the < > brackets before and after  
>> the
>> link and it will be protected.  Here are two examples:
>>
>> Bad form.  This link will very likely get broken:
>>
>> http://www.sweetwater.com/products/goodproducts/badproducts/ripoffs/progear/amateurgear/firstgear/pamelaanderson/dogfood/onandonandonandonandonandon/fmpr.htm
>>
>> Good form.  This one is protected by the brackets that tell the
>> routers, leave me alone:
>>
>> <http://www.sweetwater.com/products/goodproducts/badproducts/ripoffs/progear/amateurgear/firstgear/pamelaanderson/dogfood/onandonandonandonandonandon/fmpr.htm
>>>
>>
>> Best,
>> James
>>
>>
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