[bksvol-discuss] Re: sending URLs to people wasRe: A small complaint
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:41:13 -0700
When url's are copied, they'll work better if u add < (less than) sign
at the beginning & > (greater than) sign at the end. These right angle
brackets serve to cap the url & will make them clickable even when
long.
On 3/30/09, Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> One can copy the URl and paste it into the message of email note you send to
> someone--but often the URLsare so long that part of it gets omitted when
> that person copies and pastes ino thr address space.
>
> Try to find TINY URL and add it to your toolbar. Then you can click on it
> and it willcreate a smaller URL that you can cop and paste onto your email
>
> I also have somethin called email this that I added to my toolbar.
>
> I will try to send both
>
> Cindy
> WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm
> www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/27/09, Reggie & Brooks <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Reggie & Brooks <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A small complaint
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Friday, March 27, 2009, 7:34 AM
>> Well, Ann, since I am only toddling
>> along on the computer and learning as I
>> go, I sure cannot help you with the URL problem. My
>> question, however, is
>> how do I even find and send a URL? I have found places I
>> wanted to send
>> someone, but I sure cannot figure out how to do that.
>> Can you or someone
>> else give a quick tutorial, please? I know this is way off
>> Bookshare, so
>> forgive everyone. This is a matter of education.
>> (smiles) Thanks.
>> Reggie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Ann Parsons
>> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:26 AM
>> To: Volunteers, Bookshare
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A small complaint
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have a small complaint, and I don't think anyone can do
>> anything about it,
>> but I voice it here. The URL disignations on the
>> Bookshare web site are
>> almost as bad as those on Amazon. They extend over
>> three lines in some
>> cases, making it totally impossible to use them effectively
>> in email. I
>> have had occasion to want to place the URL fora specific
>> book in an email
>> announcement. When I paste in the URL for the thing,
>> it's something like
>> one hundred and sixtey chars long! I just got the
>> newsletter with the URLs
>> for all the articles and the whole message is nothing but
>> numbers, making it
>> difficult to read.
>>
>> Some people use tiny URL, but I don't know how to use
>> it. Anhybody have any
>> ideas about how to solve this one?
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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>>
>> "All that is gold does not glitter,
>> Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
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