Can’t get a URL html to be a hyperlink
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What am I doing wrong? I have followed instructions from two different places, but still the whole web address just reads out, like this:
[url=http://barefoothoofcare.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/tb-yearling-homebred/]This Post[/url]
From this post:
I have tried it before too, without success and am at a loss to figure out what I’ve done wrong.
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<a href="http://barefoothoofcare.wordpress.com/2006/10/16/tb-yearling-homebred/">This Post</a> -
Thank you for typing out this really basic code for me. I pasted it right in, and it is still just showing all the text.
I know there must be some space, slash, quote or something I am just not seeing, but I don’t know what it is.Thanks.
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Go to where you are about to write a post. And then click where it says link:
A box shows up and you clear that and place the url link there:
Then press Okay.
Then click link again so the tag closes = /link
Then in between ><, you write what you want the clickable link to read as to others:
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the code i posted has to be pasted into the Code tab of the editor. otherwise wordpress converts the < symbols into graphic entities.
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OK, I get it. Thanks for all the help.
Obviously, this is really basic, first the HTML code which I looked up, then knowing the steps in WordPress.
Is there some place to look up such basic stuff? -
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“Basic Stuff”, i.e. the simple stuff in WordPress. I figured out the basic HTML code (well, you gave it to me), but still didn’t know the “link” step in WordPress to make it work. I thought my error was in transcribing the code, did not realize there was an additional step, so had no idea to look for that. So is there a place other than searching through these forums haphazardly, to get basic help?
Thanks for the html chart too. -
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