I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
web page?

In article <1174165945.554720.311380@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
 lisafitz@ptd.net wrote:

> I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
> be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
> the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
> web page?

Any particular language in which you wish to specify this link?

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In article <1174165945.554720.311380@y66g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
 lisafitz@ptd.net wrote:

> I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
> be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
> the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
> web page?

If you mean in Mail.app, type the text "HOME 4 SALE", mark it with the 
mouse, and then use the "Insert Hyperlink" menu command.  Paste the URL 
into the dialogue, and it will associate that URL with the text.

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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:12:25 -0700, lisafitz wrote:

> I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
> be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
> the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
> web page?

Lisa,

Just FYI, here's what goes on behind the scenes in a hyperlink - and this
structure consists of what are called HTML (hypertext markup language
- meaning a symbolic representation of text and graphics that is
interpreted by a program - in this case Web browser) tags:

<a href="http://www.ridiculouslylongaddresstothehouse.com">Home 4 Sale</a>

The <a is called an anchor as it sets a link on a page, and the </a> is
the closing tag (not all tags have closing counterparts.  What's between
the > and the < is what shows when the browser "renders" the "markup
language."

Frank 

lisafitz@ptd.net writes:

> I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
> be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
> the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
> web page?

Unless you want to put a link into some application and label it with
a custom name, <http://tinyurl.com/> may be what you're looking for.

<lisafitz@ptd.net> wrote:

> I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
> be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
> the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
> web page?

Look into tinyurl.com

In article 
<m24poj7aes.fsf@lovborg.mkallweitt.skfm-wattenscheid.de>,
 Michael Kallweitt <M.Kallweitt@gmx.de> wrote:

> lisafitz@ptd.net writes:
> 
> > I need to copy & paste a link..no problem...I do not want the link to
> > be the full link, with several thousand characters...how do I reduce
> > the link to say - HOME 4 SALE and have that link take the user to my
> > web page?
> 
> Unless you want to put a link into some application and label it with
> a custom name, <http://tinyurl.com/> may be what you're looking for.

Not sure what the context of the question is? If you do not want 
a long link to display (and possibly confuse), on a webpage, just 
do not put it to appear, put it in the mailto: 

<a href="mailto:longlonglonglinktext...">As short as you like 
text here</a>

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