ata comments on Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2 - Less Wrong

3 Post author: NancyLebovitz 09 August 2010 11:18PM

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Comment author: ata 10 August 2010 12:53:49AM 2 points [-]

It doesn't use the same Markdown formatting as the comments, if that's what you were trying to do. Instead, you select some text and click the link button in the WYSIWIG toolbar (two to the left of the anchor button).

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 August 2010 01:27:59AM 0 points [-]

That button has gone dead for me. It used to work (produced a pop-up with two windows), but now there's no reaction when I click on it.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 10 August 2010 02:56:18AM 2 points [-]

Thanks.

I think I've got it now. Part of the problem was not realizing that it makes links blue and underlined in the edit window, but they aren't live-- they go live when the post is submitted, even to draft.

This is not what I'd call an intuitive interface.

Comment author: sketerpot 10 August 2010 02:27:36AM 0 points [-]

I don't know what would cause that, but one workaround is to write the links in a regular comment, then copy-and-paste them into the WYSIWYG editor. The links should copy over correctly.