click image to go to outside link–can I do this?

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  tsusanchang · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 12:28 am

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  I’d like my readers to be able to click on an image and go to an external link (I review books: I’d like to post an image of a cover and allow readers to click on it to go to the review). I’m using Tarski with the CSS upgrade. Is it possible to do this through the CSS stylesheet, or is that an html property and inaccessible to me?

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  dlager · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:33 am

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  When you post an image into a post or page a box opens.

  int the box left to “Link URL”
  delete the text in the box
  then type in the URL of the page you want to goto (starting http://)

  You may also adjust previous images for this by going Media Library, clicking show to edit previous images.

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  dlager · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:33 am

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  ** pardon… that should read box RIGHT of “link URL”

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  limberation · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:34 am

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  Nothing that complicated. Just put the external link in the Link URL field when you insert the image into your post.

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  limberation · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:35 am

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  Good morning dlager – lol – we doubled up – sorry

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  dlager · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:40 am

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  Good evening (where i am) to you! :)

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  tsusanchang · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:43 am

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  Thank you both–I tried this before without success, but now it seems to be more or less working as intended. If I would like to include the images in a gallery, will I be able to link each image to a different external link?

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  limberation · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:52 am

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  I do not believe that is possible from looking at the options available when inserting a gallery.

  However, you could insert each image thumbnail size with an individual link on each. It would look similar to a gallery.

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  limberation · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 1:54 am

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  Althought it might be – I’ve never tried – maybe that option about a “page link” goes to any URL you havbe attached to the image. Try it and see what happens! :)

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  tsusanchang · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 2:04 am

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  Yeah, it’s strange, when I try to save the links when inserting a gallery, wp seems to reject them. I check back on the links after I’ve saved them, and find they have gone back to referring back to the internal media file instead of the external link.

  I’m trying the thumbnail look instead, but I’m getting kind of a weird staggered effect.
  http://tsusanchang.wordpress.com/cookbook-reviews/

  Many thanks for all your help!

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  limberation · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 2:09 am

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  Actually, if you had six, I’d like the staggered effect!

  Timethief has a wonderful link to aligning images, I’m sure she will be along at some stage to help you on that. :)

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  justjennifer · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 6:49 am

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  The Gallery function ignores any external links. Use an HTML table to insert your thumbnail images and links instead.

  See here:
  http://agallerydemo.wordpress.com/parent-page/child-page-1/grandchild-page/

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  tsusanchang · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 5:05 pm

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  Thank you! For now, I’ve got it alignment fixed (using timethief’s align:none trick) without going into an HTML table. Appreciate all your help.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 25, 2011 at 5:17 pm

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  @tsusanchang
  I’m happy to hear my post helped you. Your images look great now. Happy blogging. :)