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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:01 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:02 pm
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★ The Link
Here's your goal. This is the format of how to post an item icon that links users to the marketplace when they click it.
That green portion is your basic shell of the URL link. [url=][/url] You fill it in with the image links. (Don't forget that " ] " after the equal sign; it will sit at the end of the first url) That orange portion is where you fill in the marketplace link of the item. (You can link to any webpage, really.) The red portion is the link to the item image. (You can use any image link, really. Orrrr, if you don't add the image tags, you can put any word here, such as, the name of the item.) In this case, image tags are needed because you want the picture to appear. If you forget the image tags [img][/img], the image link will appear as a text link instead of the image.
It doesn't matter what order you type it up in as long as the final text follows that format. The next post will take you through the steps of a quick method to piece it together. It looks like a lot of steps, but it's quick once you've done it several times. Also, if you end up finding that a different method or order of adding text works best for you, go for it! c:
If you really want a quick method, consider downloading a user extension called GaiaUpgrade. I'm not affiliated with GaiaUpgrade. I will show some screen shots of how easy they make it to get these links. If you have any questions about that extension, please visit their Gaia thread. (You'll have to visit that thread anyway in order to get the extension.)
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:03 pm
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★ How to Create the Code
Follow these steps in order to learn how to create an item icon that links users to the marketplace. (Using a PC)
1. Go to the marketplace listing of your item and keep it open (in another tab). If you'd like to follow along with these instructions, I'm using the KiKi Kitty Plushie. Otherwise, use the item you'd like to link so that it's done by the end. 2. Right click on the image of the item. Each browser uses different language, but copy the url of the image. Don't just copy the image. You need the link, not the image itself.
3. Go to your new forum post, profile comment, private message (PM) etc (and keep it open in another tab). Click the "IMG" button.
4. A new box will appear. Paste (ctrl v) the link and press okay. (Alternatively, you could paste the link and add the image tags after. Whatever you want to do as long as your image link gets tagged.)
5. Return back to the marketplace listing. Copy the url of that page.
6. Now, return back to the post you're writing. Highlight what we've created already (the image link and tags)
7. Then click the url button.
8. And a new box will appear. Paste (ctrl v) the marketplace link into that box.
9. Click okay. A new prompt appears with text already in it. Don't worry about it. Click okay again. (That second box has the image link and tags because you highlighted it. If you didn't highlight, it's asking you to input that info. If you forgot to highlight, cancel and start again from step 6. Problem is, you can't copy/paste that text into the box since you can't leave the prompt to retrieve it. This isn't a big issue, but I'd have too much side explanation to say what to do when this happens.)
10. Tada! You're done! Preview your message to make sure it's all good.
In other words:
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:05 pm
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★ Gaia Upgrade
If all of that above is too many steps, consider downloading GaiaUpgrade. It's a 3rd party tool created by users. The extension works on Chrome or Firefox. There are tons of features (that you might also enjoy). You can opt in and out of the features. If you dislike the other features, turn them all off but leave on the "Item BBCode" option. Please see their official Gaia thread for their features, download instructions, FAQ and any questions you have regarding GaiaUpgrade.
Make sure that the BBCode feature is enabled.
The Item BBCode feature can be found in the Items section. Have "Get item BBCode" selected (check the box).
The BBCode Button is available in many places like, the marketplace listings, your wishlist, and your inventory. This very magic button creates the linked item code for you. For example, here's what the marketplace looks like with GaiaUpgrade. (You can opt out of any of those buttons.)
For comparison, this is without all those buttons.
If you click Get BBCode, a new pop up appears with a lot more options.
The first option will provide a link to that item's marketplace listing, using its name. In other words, linked text. The second option will provide a link to that item's marketplace listing, using its icon. (Notice how that format matches what we created in Post 3) The third option gives you images of all of its poses, but no link to the marketplace.
Choose the middle option -- Just highlight and copy the text that's there (ctrl A then Ctrl C) and then paste (ctrl V) it in your post. Or whatever method you do for copying and pasting. This skips allll of the above steps from Post 3 because your link was created for you.
(Click anywhere outside the pop up (that grayed out area) to close it.)
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:06 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:07 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:09 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:09 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:10 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:10 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:11 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:11 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:11 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:12 pm
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:12 pm
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