Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

#1

Post by am2267 » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 6:34 PM UTC

I'm trying to make www.investopad.com clickable in a comment elsewhere.

Is it a karma thing?

Re: Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

#2

Post by benologist » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 6:42 PM UTC

For comments you have to just type the url, no text or tags.

http://google.com/

For submissions you can submit a url or text but not both, and URLs in the text don't get parsed.

Re: Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

#3

Post by arscan » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 6:43 PM UTC

Urls don't become links in the text of the submission. They do become links in comments.

Re: Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

#4

Post by inetsee » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 7:13 PM UTC

What you could do is submit a post describing the website and why HN readers should be interested in it. Then immediately post a comment with a clickable link to the URL.

Re: Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

#5

Post by codegeek » Thu, Oct 18, 2012, 8:05 PM UTC

To make a link clickable in a comment, you need to prefix it with "http://.

Re: Ask HN: How do I make a link clickable on HN?

#6

Post by mohit_agg » Fri, Oct 19, 2012, 1:37 PM UTC

btw how much karma is required to submit a startup for review?