Help with basic Wordpress please

ewenmack · 07-25-2009, 08:36 PM

Having trouble putting in outward links to my Wordpress blog postings.

I click on link button and enter url in the pop up box and still no live link when published.

Anybody know how to put in live links into postings please?

Thank you,

Ewen

joshril · 07-25-2009, 08:50 PM

I can help you with this. Feel free to PM if the below advice does not help.

1. Choose the HTML option in the post
2. Copy/paste this code for an outbound link:

<a href="http://www.whateveryouarelinkingto.c*m">Text Goes Here</a>

This should do the trick.

ewenmack · 07-25-2009, 09:11 PM

Hi Joshril,

Quickly fixed...THANK YOU!

Ewen

Steve Diamond · 07-26-2009, 02:04 AM

Ewen, Joshni's method certainly works. But if you want to use the visual editor, as you were trying to do originally, the trick is to highlight the text that you want to be clickable before you click the link icon. If there's nothing highlighted when you click the link button, it publishes a link that can't be clicked because there's no text there to click.

Steve

joshril · 07-26-2009, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Diamond

Ewen, Joshni's method certainly works. But if you want to use the visual editor, as you were trying to do originally, the trick is to highlight the text that you want to be clickable before you click the link icon. If there's nothing highlighted when you click the link button, it publishes a link that can't be clicked because there's no text there to click.

Steve

Great post! This method is simpler than mine... unless you're a nerd like me and do all your posts in the HTML editor...

07-25-2009, 08:36 PM	#1
ewenmack Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,811 Thanks: 627 Thanked 793 Times in 467 Posts	Help with basic Wordpress please Having trouble putting in outward links to my Wordpress blog postings. I click on link button and enter url in the pop up box and still no live link when published. Anybody know how to put in live links into postings please? Thank you, Ewen

07-25-2009, 08:50 PM	#2
joshril Joshua Hayes War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hillsboro, OR Posts: 1,058 Thanks: 485 Thanked 244 Times in 119 Posts Social Networking	Re: Help with basic Wordpress please I can help you with this. Feel free to PM if the below advice does not help. 1. Choose the HTML option in the post 2. Copy/paste this code for an outbound link: <a href="http://www.whateveryouarelinkingto.c*m">Text Goes Here</a> This should do the trick.

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ewenmack Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,811 Thanks: 627 Thanked 793 Times in 467 Posts	Re: Help with basic Wordpress please Hi Joshril, Quickly fixed...THANK YOU! Ewen

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Steve Diamond Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tucson, AZ, USA. Posts: 1,025 Thanks: 120 Thanked 158 Times in 115 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Help with basic Wordpress please Ewen, Joshni's method certainly works. But if you want to use the visual editor, as you were trying to do originally, the trick is to highlight the text that you want to be clickable before you click the link icon. If there's nothing highlighted when you click the link button, it publishes a link that can't be clicked because there's no text there to click. Steve
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