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Heaven knows I'm not a technical expert. If I had one wish, and it would help others too I'm sure, it would be ...

How do you provide a link to an external web site, article etc? For example, and thanks for always bailing me out Pip.

When I began the Poetry section I mentioned our first poem would be "Ulysses." Magically, a copy of the poem appeared in the poetry thread. How do you do that Pip? Should I use an iPad or a Microsoft system?

Thanks.

Peter wrote: "Heaven knows I'm not a technical expert. If I had one wish, and it would help others too I'm sure, it would be ...

How do you provide a link to an external web site, article etc? For example, and ..."

I'm glad we've started with a question I know the answer to...!

It doesn't matter what Operating System you're using, the basic principle is the same. All you need to do is copy the website address that you want to insert and it will automatically become a link.

It often easiest to do this by having the two pages ("tabs") open at the same time.

For example, if I want to put a link here to the BBC News website, I'd open a new tab, find the website I want, highlight and copy the address and paste it here. Thus: http://www.bbc.com/news

Actually, this works for most online text these days, even a Word document for example. If you type or paste in an address beginning http or www computers automatically create a live (ie: clickable) link. Does that make sense?

This is really a "technical" question for moderators of book discussions. Is it possible to include, along with week number, the dates and chapter number? This info would then appear in bold at the top of the thread and in the list of ongoing discussions.

Linda wrote: "This is really a "technical" question for moderators of book discussions. Is it possible to include, along with week number, the dates and chapter number? This info would then appear in bold at the..."

Each moderator tends to handle it differently, as do members who lead discussions. It certainly is doable. I tend not to put the dates, but I do put chapter info in the heading

That makes sense...it's really the chapter numbers I'd like to see, so that, in an aha moment :), one can avoid spoilers.

Hi, I'm not sure it's the right place, but I try. Here's my question:
I have 1 book on my shelf gabrielle-dubois and 3 books on my shelf 16th-and-less. But it's said that there are no books: (0)
Could someone please tell me what to do?
Thank you.

This seems to be a site wide problem. You can follow the bug report thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

I guess we just need to wait until Goodreads sorts it out. I'm finding the problem very distressing.

Where are the polls located to vote for next month’s read?

I have lost my reading progress on my Currently Reading shelf. I also cannot make any updates to that shelf (e.g. marking a book as read).

The bug report thread only takes me to the Goodreads Help homepage.