Hyperlinks in Posts and Comments

A commenter left a comment about not being able to make hyperlinks work correctly using Blogger's editor.

I use about three different browsers, and Blogger's editor supports each one to a different degree. The result being that I often find myself hand-coding things like hyperlinks - not because it's easier, but I've simply memorized the pattern.

The basic form of a hyperlink looks like this:

   <a href="http://crystalgaze2.blogspot.com">Cracked Crystal Ball II</a>

The quoted string after "href=" is the actual URL (this MUST be contained in quotes, or the browser will have a hissy fit about it)

The text between the > symbol and the </a> (anchor tag close) will appear as the link itself when the viewer looks at the page.

It's a basic HTML anchor tag, and most blog comment engines will let you slide them into your comments and postings quite freely. (Certainly blogger, haloscan and typepad all allow this)