Attached link in new post
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I’ve just drafted a new post with a link attached to the main body of the post, but the a:link and a:hover styles i’d added to the CSS edited previously aren’t working on this link. Is this because its only a draft, and i should therefore should only expect to see the link styled the way I want after its been posted? Or do I need to add some more/amend my existing code?
Also, I want to insert a txt file, or attach a link to a txt file, to a post. I see that txt isn’t one of the accepted file types on wordpress. Any ideas how I could go about inserting a link to this, or attaching it to my post? I’ve tried doing a screenshot but the document I want to attach to my blog is a page of code, and a screenshot makes the resolution and legibility of the item poor.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Without being able to see the post, and we volunteers cannot see draft posts on your site, we really don’t know. The preview page has been known not to show some stuff accurately.
Do you have an example on your site where the links do behave correctly?
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I do. All the links in my sidebar work correctly. And all other links in the same blog post I referred to above are working correctly. Would you like me to change the status of the affected blog post so that you can see the problem? if i set it to “pending review” would you be able to see it?
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There is a “request feedback” option down the Post Editor page – use that feature and that will give you a link that will let the post be previewed – bad news anyone that has that link can give you feedback but the feedback is only visible to you.
I have used the “request feedback” feature a few times when I needed articles reviewed – works trick.
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Do me a favor. Temporarily edit your about page, go to the bottom, put the word “test” and link that word to http://cup-let.com/about/ and then update the page so that I can take a look at that link on a public page. You can then go back in and remove that word and link after I figure this out.
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ok, i’ve done that. thanks for looking into this for me. i hope it won’t be too much of a head scratcher for you!
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Everything seems to work virtually the same, but the purple color you have for the widget links is different.
Modify the “a” selectors in your CSS and add a color declaration using the color for the widget links.
a:link { color: #663366; text-decoration: none; } a:hover { color: #663366; text-decoration: underline; } -
well I’ve added the color declaration, but i already had the text-decorations in the “a” selectors. I’ve saved the style sheet with the changes but it still wasn’t working on the link in my “Code Runner” post. I rechecked the link and realised I hadn’t linked it properly in the first place – what a noob! So its how looking like it should :). But when I click on the link I get this error message “sorry, no posts match your criteria”. Is this because its still a draft? Or is my link broken?
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Yes, that is because it is still a draft. The link won’t work till after it is published.
I was just meaning to add the color to the existing selectors you had in your stylesheet (where the text decoration declarations (say that three times fast) already were).
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hehe ok i’m with you now. I apologise for my noobiness, I only started teaching myself HTML and CSS two weeks ago, but i’m plodding through. And you guys are really helping, so thanks so much :).
Any ideas how I can attach a link for the txt file I asked about in the first part of my query? Once I’ve got that sorted I think I’ll be ready to go live! And I’d love any feedback you might have on how the site is looking :)
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Not a problem.
The text file will have to be uploaded somewhere like box.net or another file sharing service, then you get the link to that file off of that service and create your link in your post or page.
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Your site is looking good. You’ve done a nice job on it. I might add the following so that when a browser window is set narrower than your content, the date circle isn’t covered up partially.
#container { margin-left: 40px; } -
Well, wait. That also sets the margin on the top purple bar and leaves a gap to the left of it when a browser window is wider than the main container.
Give this a try instead.
.col-full { width: 1040px; } #main { margin-left: 40px; } -
thanks for the advice and your code suggestions. i’ve set up a free account on box.net and its worked just as you said, and the changes to the CSS have worked too :)
You’ve been so helpful. I think I’m most ready to go live :) And thanks for your comment on how its looking. i’m really pleased with what i’ve done, but its nice to get some feedback from someone else :D.
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