Make Link

Make Link is a Firefox Extension.

You can download it from the developer’s website or the Firefox Add-Ons site.

The Make Link extension will create a link for the page that you are currently viewing. It can create this link in several different formats (Plain Text, Forum Code, HTML, Markdown).

To use this extension, right-click on the website that you’re viewing. In this example we’ll use the home page of CyberNet News.

After right-clicking on the page, go down to “Make Link” in the context menu. You’ll be given the following options:

 

 

Clicking on any of the options will put a copy of the link on your computer’s clipboard. You can then paste this link anywhere you want.

Here are the results of the different formats:

  • Plain Text – CyberNet News: Keeping you plugged in! <http://tech.cybernetnews.com/>
  • Forum Code – [url=http://tech.cybernetnews.com/]CyberNet News: Keeping you plugged in![/url]
  • HTML – < a href=”http://tech.cybernetnews.com/”>CyberNet News: Keeping you plugged in!
  • Markdown – [CyberNet News: Keeping you plugged in!](http://tech.cybernetnews.com/ “CyberNet News: Keeping you plugged in!”)

To customize this extension, click on “Configure” in the context menu:

 

 

The “Make Link Options” window will appear:

 

 

Here you can:

  • Change the order of the Link Types in the context menu.

  • Delete or Modify any of the Link Types.

  • Create a New Link Type.

If you’d like to create a New Link Type of your own, this is the form that you will have to fill in: