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 url to something readable in the message.

* First, select the "Rich Text Editor" option (near the top of the
reply panel) and start writing your message.

* Pick something in the message that might logically lead you to the
article and highlight it.

* Click on the link icon in the formatting bar. Copy the url into the
link dialog box and click "Ok". The highlighted part will then change
color and be underlined.

* Hint: It helps to have multiple windows/tabs open so you can easily
cut and paste the url.

My version:
"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/wcro\
wley.ART_ART_06-06-08_B3_M2ADUJR.html> ."

Now you can easily read the message in English , and clicking on the
underlined part hyper-links to the Dispatch article without having to
cut and paste anything. Placing the cursor on the link will show the
actual url at the bottom of most browser screens.
-DaveK


--- In tourofthesciotorivervalley@yahoogroups.com, snavely26
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>



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