If anyone wants to shorten Amazon links, and eliminate all of the search criteria, possibly some personal info, etc. just find the
/ref fairly early in the link and put the cursor on the slash or between the slash and the letter r. Then just push and hold the delete key until everything after that is gone. You can leave the slash or backspace it back out, just don't disturb anything before it. Then hit the enter key, the page will reload with the shorter link in the address bar, which you can then highlight and copy, to paste in your post.
Charles
XenForo software then takes the link and gives it the name you see below, from the the URL.
Amazon.com
If you absolutely want the shortened link to appear, Paste it and then edit out the
HTTPS://www. that is at the beginning of the link.
amazon.com/CURT-58141-7-Way-Blade-Connector/dp/B001GN6PQ8
This particular version of XenForo works differently than what is used in RV Forum.
Its a little tricky till you get the hang of it, as your first click on the address bar causes it to move, and you have to reposition the cursor before you start deleting.
Something else you can do is to type something like "
Curt 7 Way connector" and then realize you want to make that a link. Just highlight what you typed, then click the link symbol, and then drop the actual link in the URL bar and hit the INSERT button.
Charles