NSMutableAttributedString *attrString = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:title];
NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, [attrString length]);
[attrString beginEditing];
[attrString addAttribute:NSLinkAttributeName value:aURL range:range];
// make the text appear in blue
[attrString addAttribute:NSForegroundColorAttributeName value:[NSColor blueColor] range:range];
// next make the text appear with an underline
[attrString addAttribute:NSUnderlineStyleAttributeName value:[NSNumber numberWithInteger:NSSingleUnderlineStyle] range:range];
// allow truncation
NSMutableParagraphStyle *ps = [[NSParagraphStyle defaultParagraphStyle] mutableCopy];
[ps setLineBreakMode:NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail];
[attrString addAttribute:NSParagraphStyleAttributeName value:ps range:range];
[ps release];
[attrString endEditing];
return [attrString autorelease];