Cristera -- thanks for putting forward an initial effort in this.
Note for links: You said "The links in AQ don't work anymore..."
When you post a link like this, when you apparently copied a post as displayed
on a forum webpage, rather than as it appears in a post-quote-window (like the
one I'm presently typing is for this message) when you press the "Quote" feature
to evoke the post-quote-window, there is a common difference in what the
computer sees compared to what you see on your screen.
In this example,
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/lef...ot_interpreted/ you will notice an ellipsis, or three periods (...) near the end after the letters "lef" --
this ellipsis indicates that there are characters missing in the address as shown.
This link would not work if this is the address that actually goes into your browser
URL window, because it is not a complete address.
You can correct that, however, by going to your source page and pointing your
mouse at the link (this is for PCs, I don't know how Macs do this) and RIGHT click
on the working link. A pop-up window appears with a list of options, and you
should select (that means LEFT click) on the option, Copy Link Loc
ation.
Then come back here to the post-quote-window and insert the working address
(which is invisibly contained in your clipboard memory because you selected
Copy...). You do this by highlighting the word you want to make into a link (such
as
www.catholicnewsagency) then select the "URL" box above the window (to the
right of the "Quote" box) and paste the working address in the popup field that
appears, and click on OK. This system will automatically format your link to
include the proper, working address as embedded in your link. The format will be
starting with "url=" followed by the working address, etc.
Then the link will work. If you do this for all your links, then all the links will work.
It might sound like a lot of trouble, but it's not bad once you get the hang of it.
Try it once or twice and see, before passing judgment. The satisfaction of getting
a post made that has good links in it is pretty good, IMHO.
Now, in this example, I have used Google Search to find the linked article you
refer to, but with a broken link. Here is the correct, working link:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/lefebrivists_demand_council_be_corrected_not_interpreted/ Therefore, you can now see that the missing characters, replaced by ellipsis, are
exactly as follows:
ebrivists_demand_council_be_corrected_n
Those are
all the characters that are replaced by ellipsis in the broken link you
provided:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/lef...ot_interpreted/ Now, to demonstrate what happens when you follow my direction above, I can
translate this broken link into a working link, and the result is as follows:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/lef...ot_interpreted/ Note: for this to work properly be sure there are no spaces in the address.
This may APPEAR to you right now as the same thing as the broken link, but you
can immediately see that it is not, by hovering your mouse over it, and WITHOUT
CLICKING ON IT, merely observe in the bottom-left corner of your viewscreen (if
you're using Firefox, that is) where you will see the working address appear, but
if you hover your mouse over the PREVIOUS, broken address, you will see
the broken address with the ellipsis appear in the bottom left corner of your
viewscreen.
The difference is, when a broken link is showing up in the bottom-left corner, your
computer will be trying to go to a broken link if you select it, and it will not be
able to connect, because the link is broken. When a working link is showing up in
the bottom-left corner, your computer WILL be able to connect when you select it.
Provided, of course, that your system is working otherwise.
If you like, I can go through your post and fix all the links to the best of my
ability, and post a repaired copy. Let me know if you would like this, okay?