how to name an URL link?

[Wolkya]

haii guys i wana update meh signature!!!
i wana add an URL to meh wife's profile so she can get some trades, but everytime i place her profile's URL to my signature, it shows up as JUST teh URL; is there a way to rename it??

thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Celozon]

You can use the forum bbcode to do that, you use the 'URL' code for this;

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[url][/url]

In order to make it clickable text you have to modify it slightly, add an = at the end of the first section, followed by the link. Then in the middle you'll type whatever you want the text to be;

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[url=link]Text[/url]

Completed it should look like this;

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[url=https://www.chickensmoothie.com/Forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1137041]Trade me :)[/url]

Which when posted looks like this;
Trade me :)

If you are still having trouble with it you can post what you have tried so far on this thread and we can take a look at whats going on with it. In order to have it show up as code like I did above you have to post it inside the 'code' bbcode;

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[code]paste code here[/code]

but if you just post it without that, thats also fine, there are a couple different ways we can still see what your code looks like even if you don't do that (for example, quoting a post lets you see the full bbcode that was used).

[Wolkya]

YAY TYSM!!!!! im not teh greatest with coding (does this count as coding?) I APPRECIATE IT!!!!!!!!!

[Celozon]

YAY TYSM!!!!! im not teh greatest with coding (does this count as coding?) I APPRECIATE IT!!!!!!!!!

No problem ^^
Its not the same type of code used to make websites or anything, but its got the same basic principles to it. The bbcode here is also kept fairly basic and limited in what it can do though. You might see other sites using code like HTML instead because its got a lot more variety in what you can make, its just also more complex. If you are interested in seeing what other things you can do with bbcode you can check out this thread, its a great resource especially if you are trying to create a specific look in a post or signature you are making and are struggling with it getting to work.