I want to be able to show off as well, (i can see the potential for a bit of fun in being able to put my own title to a link ) but mate, if you don't mind, you are going to have to dumb down the instructions a hell of a lot more, probably into tiny little baby steps if there is any chance of me & (I suspect Pen ) ever learning this trick.
My method is to simply copy that http link from utube & paste it into my post. (thanks to Pat for teaching me that one )
Having done that how or when should i insert the url = " thingy " to change the name, there is no modify option until after i post ?
I also hope that you are up for what may be a very painstaking challenge for you to get me to master this skill.
The collective sighs of relief that you can hear in the background are from Alan, Mike, Pat & Stan who are the ones that i usually ask my naive computer questions of, hopefully the more computer literate followers of this thread will be amused by our upcoming exchanges.
I really enjoyed the antics of Nana – you can always win my heart with Border Collie videos.
Les, you have picked a poor teacher. There are a number of professional teachers in the forum who would do the job better but I will give it my best shot.
I will go through the general theory in another post using “quotes” as an example but for this post let us concentrate on getting you to send a link with your own title by following specific instructions.
Use the "reply" button so we don’t confuse the post with quotes.
Introduce the video in your usual manner. If you use my example, “Here is another Speight’s ad” would be appropriate.
Either copy this url and paste it into your post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TA6RnH8CNE
Or use one of your own exactly as you described in your post.
Put your cursor just in front of the “h” in https and type “[url="
Place your cursor at rear of the url and type ”]”
If you use my example, typing “Speight – locked in a Brewery for the weekend' would be appropriate. If you use your own url, type whatever takes your fancy.
Then type “[/url], Hit "enter" to get on a new line. Needless to say you don't type any of the inverted commas.
Jobs done. Finish off with anything you want to say.
Hit “preview’” and see whether it works. If it doesn’t , either you haven’t followed the instructions or I’ve buggered them up giving them to you. Let me know.
No reasonable person will be amused. Everybody appreciates learning a new skill is not easy and will do anything they can to help you achieve it..