For those of you posting Project Pins: I will be changing the format of my Project Pin posts. If you want to learn some simple HTML, you too can use HTML to simplify how the post looks. Not for the technically challenged or the faint of heart!
Old Format:
Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: Seven Up / EM 1 Player
Month/Year: March 1969
Cost: $400
Location: Harrisburg (St. Louis), IL/MO
Contact/Link: https://carbondale.Craigslist.org/clt/d/1969-williams-seven-up/6652370739.html
Condition: Playfield and backglass look nice.
New Format:
Manufacturer: Williams
Game/Type: Seven Up / EM 1 Player
Month/Year: March 1969
Cost: $400
Location: Harrisburg (St. Louis), IL/MO
Condition: Playfield and backglass look nice.
Note that in the new format the 'Contact/Link:' line has been removed and the game name is underlined, meaning it is linked to a Website, the Craigslist Website where you will find the ad for Seven Up.
The HTML to do this is very simple.
HTML - Linking to a URL - Pinside Specific (resized).png
The text in the quotes is the URL or link address. The text after the right angle bracket is the text you want to see in the final copy, linked to the URL you specified.
Some technical jargon:
This is standard HTML format for linking to a Website:
HTML - Linking to a URL Standard (resized).png
I have added '%43' in place of the 'c' for 'craigslist' in the URL address:
%43raigslist.org = Craigslist.org
This is done to cornfuse the Pinside server so it doesn't recognize the URL as a Craigslist URL.
You MUST make this change in the Website address for this to work on Pinside!
This isn't for everyone - only those of you who want to learn a little HTML. I wanted to show you how it is done.