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Widget wont link to external site, any help?

by augold87
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I loaded an html widget with text and a hyperLink to my website on face book but the link keeps taking me back to my facebook homepage and not my personal site. any ideas on why this is or how to get around it.
#external #link #site #widget
  • Profile picture of the author WPCHARLIE
    What's the HTML you actually used? And are you putting the HTML widget inside WordPress or inside Facebook (wasn't clear, so have to ask the obvious)?
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    • Profile picture of the author Amigo
      Originally Posted by charliepatel View Post

      What's the HTML you actually used? And are you putting the HTML widget inside WordPress or inside Facebook (wasn't clear, so have to ask the obvious)?
      I too wanted to ask the same questions lol...
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  • Profile picture of the author ussher
    its because the links don't have the right target on them.

    You are using links like:
    <a href="http://link-to-somewhere.com">somewhere</a>

    But its inside an iFrame so its only the iframe that is going and your page stays where it is.

    You want to use links like this:
    <a href="http://link-to-somewhere.com" target="_top">somewhere</a>

    Which will target the top page (your facebook one) and send _that_ page to where you want to go.
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