I had the same problem posting links when i first joined and have raised the issue several times with the admin. Until they've installed the upgrade we still have to post links the same way we did in Historum's early days: click the blue circle to the left of the smiley face, paste the link in [U.RL] and the text in between.
Example [U.RL=http://www.allempires.com] AllEmpires, the world's oldest history forum[/U.RL]
To post videos, simply type [tube in block capitals], paste the video link, then add a second [tube, again in capitals] with a / in between the [ and the T
Example
Give it a try
Links aside, what do you think of our forum? I enjoy your Scottish history threads, which i can safely say have changed my initial Anglocentric perceptions of British history
Posting images requires a photobucket of flickr account. You can add them as a link (as discussed above) or use the [IMG] code provided by the website (our forum uses BBcodes, not HTML)
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