How To Post Links

[NicksVideo]

Due to a lot of problems people are having posting links to their files, and blaming it on the server for not working, I think this thread is important. Here are the instructions, step by step, with images.

Step 1:
After uploading the file, you should be given a link to where to access the file like so:
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step1.jpg


Step 2:
Copy the ENTIRE URL, right click it, then select 'Copy':
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step2.jpg


Step 3:
Go to the Atari forums, or pretty much any other message board, and click the 'http://' button on top of the 'Message' window:
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step3.jpg


Step 4:
In the new window that pops up, type a title for your link. This can be anything you want. Then click 'OK':
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step4.jpg


Step 5:
In the next window that pops up, paste the link to the file you copied from Step 2, then click 'OK':
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step5a.jpg
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step5b.jpg


Step 6:
Congratulations, you're done! Now just add a message to your message and post the thread. You can post a many links in a thread as you want:
http://www.nicksvideo.com/step6.jpg



Hope this helped!

-Nick

EDIT: screenshot tag resizes the images too big, and the posting the links to the files will get bothersome... what should I do ?

[Dean[AU]]

You could put them all in one big image... anyway.. wouldnt you need %20's instead of spaces?

[NicksVideo]

Not with the URL code... it automatically links ALL text between the two tags. Thats the porblem most people are having, they make a file that has spaces in its name, then only post the url. The default has the URL tag end at the first space. But if you manually add the URL tags, you don't have this problem.

EX:

Without URL Tag:
http://www.nicksvideo.com/tycoon3d/My Cool RCT3 Movie.wmv

With URL Tag:
http://www.nicksvideo.com/tycoon3d/My Cool RCT3 Movie.wmv

OR

My Cool RCT3 Movie (http://www.nicksvideo.com/tycoon3d/My Cool RCT3 Movie.wmv)

NOTE: File doesn't exist.