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Embedding links in the WPG introduction page
« on: May 14, 2010, 03:55:45 PM »
Since you edit the Introduction in a normal text editing window (in screen GA032S05), Ideas Genie Pro has been programmed with a special feature to allow you to enter a live link to an external website.

We shall do this by way of example as a special for Paul (NewPlantsGuy) as I promised I'd show how it was done.

Paul has a link (URL) in his introduction to:
www.bloomsofbressinghamplants.com
Adding http:// to that we get the full URL:
http://www.bloomsofbressinghamplants.com
Thats the link.

In a web page it looks best if it reads like this:
Blooms of Bressingham Plants
Lets refer to that as the (Web Page) Text

To do this:
a) you precede the URL with <WWW>
b) you separate the URL from the Text with <>
c) You add a suffix at the end of the text </WWW>

The text in the introduction then looks like this:
<WWW>http://www.bloomsofbressinghamplants.com<>Blooms of Bressingham Plants</WWW>

When you click the button to generate your web pages, IG Pro deciphers the code and activates the link, as expected by visitors.

« Last Edit: May 14, 2010, 03:58:00 PM by ideasguy »

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Re: Embedding links in the WPG introduction page
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2010, 05:58:15 PM »
Thank you for this George, I'm sure it is a useful tutorial to us all, I certainly will use it as a reminder. :)
I need of course to do some updating, there never seems to be enough hours in a day at the moment.
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Re: Embedding links in the WPG introduction page
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2010, 07:20:23 PM »
I know how you feel!
With the garden, theres no such thing as spare time :D I could easily work at it full time.

I havent worked with the WPG program for a while, so that was fun!

I upgraded the hosting package recently. Theres now 1GB of web space on the ideasforgardens.net website, so loads of room for your updates, and new projects folk!