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I don't know if this is common knowledge on here or not, so I thought I'd share with you guys how to change a URL link name in your post to just say the name of the media you're sharing.

When you typically share a link in a post, it looks like this:



In order to change the name of the link, put an equal sign after "url" in the part of the link that says [url]. After the equal sign, put the normal URL. It should look like this:



Once you've done that, just type in the name of the media you're sharing after the closing bracket in the above example I just gave:

[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4HVYZhohGw]Old Astro Boy opening

After all that, just make sure that [ / u r l ] (without the spaces) is at the end of the link. The final result should look like this (again, without the spaces):



Here's the link without spaces:



Keep in mind that you can put whatever name you want in the link (where I put "Old Astro Boy opening" in the above example), so if you want to give many examples in a sentence like this...



...you can insert the links around each example, like this:



I'm sure many of you know this already, but I thought I'd share it for those that didn't know before. If there's something I should fix or add in this post, let me know.

Otherwise, I hope this is helpful!

Thanks for the post, I wondered how to do this. I'm learning more and more.

Thanks! It took me a while to figure it out.

Maybe someone should make a sticky thread for all the 'hidden' syntax commands for this forum to make use easier? Such as with URLs and spoilers and whatever else isn't easily accessible when making a reply?