Hi Geneece,

Let me give it a try and see what happens…

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It appears to have worked for me, can you see it and is this the link?  I do it a bit differently than you do, Geneece.  When I get to the 'add reply' box, I do not put the link down.  I put the word I want displayed in the link, in the 'add reply' box, then I highlight that word, which allows the link icon to be engaged.  I click on that icon, and when that box comes up, I paste the address in the URL box and hit submit.  It is working fine for me, and I have done this in both FF and Chrome, both my FF and Chrome are up to date.  Try it this way and see if that doesn't make a difference.

I am going to try it now, your way, and see what happens:  

http://** you don't have permission to see this link **  OK, your way does not work for me either, the address is too big, so it's stripping part of the address off.  My guess is, the linking system here must be similar to the tinyurl that people are using.  It allows you to insert the URL in another format.  I'm not sure of the reasoning for this, but that's obviously how this forum is working with links.  

So now, do not put your web address into this 'add reply' box.  Only put the word you want to hide the address in, on this page, and put the web link in the URL box, when you hit that icon and the box pops up, then hit 'submit'.  Does that make sense?

Carol

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