[kitkat]

***Thanks. My HTML isn't up to snuff.***

You seem to have done it right, everything you needed was there, and on a separate line. I'm trying to figure out why your URL didn't automatically turn into a clickable link. Maybe someone else can tell you why your computer failed to do it.

[Dan Nunn]

I'm pretty sure if you use any HTML whatsoever, the auto-linking is disabled and you have to do it manually.

<a href="http://www.location.com/page.html">Link caption</a>

and optionally add target="_blank" to make the link pop up in a new window:

<a href="http://www.location.com/page.html" target="_blank">Link caption</a>

[ChefKeith]

The missing "www."

[GretchenM]

In the Post Reply section if no HTML is used, a URL becomes a clickable link simply by its being copied and pasted.
E.g., this would be a clickable link if no HTML were being used in this reply:
http://forum.lakecharles.com/ultimatebb.php?/ubb/get_topic/f/14/t/000023

However, when posting a thread, HTML must be used in the text to make a URL into a hyperlink.
E.g., < a href="http://forum.lakecharles.com/ultimatebb.php?/ubb/get_topic/f/14/t/000023" >View photos here < /a> will become this, if the spaces are omitted after the < and before the > :
View photos here