How to embed URLs in text or images

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How to embed URLs in text or images

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Some people have asked how to embed a URL in an image or text, as per the following examples:

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What you do is copy and paste the URL from the page at the site you wish to link to, in this case, this is the URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geaUwip3Umc

Next step is put a square bracket at the end of the URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geaUwip3Umc]

Next step is type Click here - or copy and paste in the URL of the image you want between Image - directly after the square bracket, for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geaUwip3Umc]Click here

Then highlight the whole thing and click the URL button. It'll look like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geaUwip3Umc]Click here

But you need to change the first ] to an = sign ie to [url= And you should then have thi ... Click here
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