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Just a hint for entering web addresses (URLs) on a message board like this,
especially if the
link is long and 'complicated'. When a link address runs over to more than one
line, it may
get messed up and then it's unusable.

Go to www.tinyurl.com and convert the long URL to a real short one. The site
will give you a
'random' code but you can enter a desired set of letters and numbers.


To illustrate, I just did this for this long URL for the accident article:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008
/06/06/wcrowley.ART_ART_06-06-08_B3_M2ADUJR.html

and got this short one made;
http://tinyurl.com/accidentarticle
Try this address and it should take you to the Columbus Dispatch accident
article.



Richard




Fri Dec 5, 2008 3:28 am

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Just a hint for entering web addresses (URLs) on a message board like this, especially if the link is long and 'complicated'. When a link address runs over to...
snavely26
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Dec 5, 2008
3:28 am

You don't really have to resort to tinyurl <http://tinyurl.com/> to resolve the length problem. I like to avoid gibberish in what I write, so I just link the...
Dave
nitemoves60
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Dec 9, 2008
6:34 am

Well, that's embarassing. Apparently the link process doesn't work here like it does in email and other places that use Rich Text. It still works, and you...
Dave
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Dec 9, 2008
6:44 am
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