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Could a link in a post be in a different colour please?

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ElderlyPerson Fri 29-Oct-21 11:02:40

Could a link in a post be in a different colour please?

It is not always clear if a link is available.

Blue would be good.

Elegran Sat 30-Oct-21 17:11:52

This from Microsoft may help you, EP , but it may just be for someone making the link.
support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/change-the-color-of-your-hyperlinks-988ed94c-82e9-4e2c-96a1-7ffd2c382ce8

If you have the Chrome browser, this may do it -
mediaaccess.org.au/web/web-browsers/how-to-turn-on-accessibility-features-in-google-chrome

Then there is this -
superuser.com/questions/638250/how-can-i-change-link-colors-in-firefox-and-chrome-but-leave-all-other-colors-a

And this -
accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2017/03/27/how-users-change-colours-on-websites/

And even this -
mcmw.abilitynet.org.uk/changing-website-colours-internet-explorer-windows-10

Elegran Sat 30-Oct-21 17:12:37

Do let us know if you have any success. I imagine others would like to know how to do it.

MaizieD Sat 30-Oct-21 17:14:10

You can tell if a link is 'live' by passing you cursor over it. The pointer will turn into a little hand.

Gnet automatically makes a link live when you paste it into your post. It's best to copy and paste links in so that there's no chance of typing it wrongly. I'd always put it on a separate line so there's no chance of forgetting to leave a space between the link and your text; not leaving a space would corrupt the link..

I use a laptop, a tablet and my phone. Links come up blue on all of them.

ElderlyPerson Sun 31-Oct-21 09:38:53

ElderlyPerson

Thank you.

Perhaps it would help if people put HERE rather than here.

For example, please click HERE for something interesting.

And one could have that HERE is a way to have a look around.

By the way, just in case anybody did not realise, with the second link in the above message, the idea is that one drags the orange pegman who is located at lower right and by doing so blue lines then light up on the map (I get blue for those) and then one drops the orange pegman onto one of the blue lines and whoosh! one is into Google street view, though here it is not streets but the grounds of a French château, though the roads nearby are available too.

Other châteaux are available.

HERE in English

et ICI en français

ElderlyPerson Sun 31-Oct-21 09:42:19

Other châteaux are available was meant to be after those links, which are to the website of the same château as before.

Elegran Sun 31-Oct-21 09:59:40

The orange pegman (now who does that make me think of) works exactly the same on British Google Maps. He is a brilliant design invention, though he only ventures onto public roads. It is most frustrating when you can see a little footpath but can't follow it.

Calistemon Sun 31-Oct-21 10:36:41

ElderlyPerson

Thank you.

Perhaps it would help if people put HERE rather than here.

For example, please click HERE for something interesting.

And one could have that HERE is a way to have a look around.

Yes, agree.

I saw that!
(But don't know how to do it so I always put the full link)

ElderlyPerson Sun 31-Oct-21 10:38:48

One can sometimes go round parks and inside a building such as HERE where Leonardo da Vinci lived in his final years.

WEBSITE

and inside an art gallery such as HERE in the Uffizi art gallery in Florence.

WEBSITE

Jane43 Sun 31-Oct-21 10:40:01

I don’t use hyperlinks as I have forgotten how to do them. I usually copy and paste links and they always come out in blue, if they aren’t blue they won’t work. I use an iPad.

ElderlyPerson Sun 31-Oct-21 10:50:04

> (But don't know how to do it so I always put the full link)

Simply type two open square brackets, the key should be next to P on the keyboard, then paste the full link, then type a space, then type HERE (or whatever wording you choose) then type two close square brackets (the key should be next to the open square bracket key) and then a space, and that then should show correctly in the preview.

I hope that this helps.

Jaxjacky Sun 31-Oct-21 11:17:37

Jane43 I’m on an iPad too, I just hold my finger on the item, a box comes up, I use the copy url option, then to paste elsewhere just tap finger on the elsewhere….that reads rubbish, but I hope it makes sense! Like this…
www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/talk-sense-rubbish-nonsense-etc

JaneJudge Sun 31-Oct-21 11:20:56

it is blue on my computer too

Marydoll Sun 31-Oct-21 11:32:44

I find it a faff doing hyperlinks on GN. Much easier and quicker to just copy the URL, post and the URL appears blue.

The only time, I would use hyperlinks is when I was working in a professional capacity, as it's much neater and improves the appearance of the document.

EP, I thought you might find this of interest.

Hyperlinks

ElderlyPerson Sun 31-Oct-21 13:02:23

Yes, that is interesting.

So here is a LINK to Crystal Chandeliers (LIVE) - Heidi Hauge singing and a LINK to a walk around Mainz in Germany with a statue of Gutenberg a little after twelve minutes into the walk.

ElderlyPerson Sun 31-Oct-21 13:03:27

Thank you Marydoll