As you can see in my signature, the URL code I have put in has appeared as, well, code.

I have tried URL shortening, to no avail.

EDIT: It also doesn't work in posts.

EDIT: Fixed it. Or rather, Syd seems to have fixed it!

Syd Lexia wrote:

The issue is don't use quotation marks. Also, learn HTML. It's better.

Thank you!