Hyperlinks permit users to jump to other webpages on the Internet with only ONE mouse click.

You most likely came to this post because you clicked on a link.

Generally speaking, a hyperlink is composed of a URL¹ that is surrounded by some html code. The URL for this post is - http://lifeworkps.com/new/weblog/585.html. You will see it in your browser's address box.

I can COPY that URL then PASTE it here like this - http://lifeworkps.com/new/weblog/585.html - but it is not a hyperlink yet.

Here's the URL for the Roadmap - http://lifeworkps.com/new/weblog/3455.html .It too is not a hyperlink yet; I can't click on it to go to the Roadmap. 

It is very easy to use the WYSIWYG ("What You See Is What You Get") editor to convert a URL or any text into a hyperlink.

1. First, select (highlight) the URL for this post and COPY it
   1. I press Ctrl and C together to do the COPY (If a MAC, use Cmd and C)
2. Then go to a new or edited post and locate where you want to PASTE the URL.  Type a phrase like "Link to hyperlink post".
3. Select (highlight) that phrase, then click on the "GO" button in the WYSIWYG toolbar above.
   
4. PASTE the URL in your clipboard into the "Link URL" box using Ctrl and V (MAC, Cmd and V)
   
5. Click "Insert"
   
6. Save your post and try out the hyperlink.

If you edit your post again and click on the "HTML" button, you will see how the WYSIWYG editor surrounds your URL with the necessary html ocde to make it a hyperlink. You don't really need to understand this at this time, but I have included an explanation below of that code.

<a href=http://lifeworkps.com/new/weblog/585.html>Link to hyperlink post.</a>

1. <a href=: Is html code that tells the browser to expect a URL - http://lifeworkps.com/new/weblog/585.html.
   
2. >: Tells the browser that this is the end of the URL and the beginning of text "Link to hyperlink post." that will be displayed for the hyperlink.
   
3. </a>: Tells the browser that this is the end of the text to be displayed and the end of the html command line to create a hyperlink.
   

¹ URL = Universal Resource Locator. It is way to find a webpage on the WWW. If you look at your browsers address box you will see a link to this posts. It looks like this - http://lifeworkps.com/new/weblog/585.html

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