A HTML link question

[lucid]

I see many people posting links that instead of being in URL format look something like

DOWNLOAD

 Now don't flip shit yet this isnt a skid question asking "how do I do this!!"
I thought all you had to was put in the code <a href="some url">DOWNLOAD</a> and then the link that I pasted would display as DOWNLOAD only....

That doesn't seem to be the case, I was just wondering what I am missing? I have done this elsewhere and had no problems. Does this have something to do with Evilzone?

Thanks I realize this knowledge is incredibly basic and I didn't expect to be asking a question like this 

[ande]

This is BBcode not HTML. I am pretty sure it is [ link = URL ]Download[ /link ]

[hanorotu]

This be evilzone.org!

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[url=http://evilzone.org/]This be evilzone.org![/url]

[lucid]

Wow that's funny I was just looking at This page 

EDIT: Don't know why I assumed it was HTML

[hanorotu]

Wow that's funny I was just looking at This page 

Hehe, google is your best friend

[ande]

This be evilzone.org!

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[url=http://evilzone.org/]This be evilzone.org![/url]

[lucid]

Haha Thanks friends.

[Stackprotector]

We would never allow HTML,    because then there will be vulnerabilities for things like XSS

[lucid]

That's a good point, how foolish of me