How should we add a URL to our answers, chat sessions, scripts or custom messages?
Follow these quidelines when you add a URL in an answer, chat session, script or custom messages: 1) Provide the complete URL, including the appropriate beginning: “http://” or “https://” or “mailto:” • The beginning clarifies the URL. • In a standard chat session, the URL is automatically linked if it begins with “http://” • The beginning helps some e-mail programs link the URL correctly. (The linking of URLs in e-mail messages is controlled by the e-mail program of the person receiving the message, not by QuestionPoint.) 2) If you enter a punctuation mark following the URL, include a space between the URL and the mark. • In a standard chat session, the link for the URL in the following sentence does not work because the period at the end of the sentence is treated as part of the link: Pictures of the Spruce Goose are available at http://www.sprucegoose.org/Photos.htm. • The link works if the period is removed or a space follows the URL: Go to http://www.sprucegoose.org/Photos.htm to
