Creating a hyperlink to external content

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  skmcglaun · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 10:06 pm

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  I am trying to create a hyperlink to YouTube videos (though I will also want to create such links to other articles or videos in the future) within a post. I do not want to embed the actual video so it shows in the post; I want a link attached to a phrase that, if the reader clicks on the phrase, will take the reader to the video or other website, etc. Every time I try to do this, I get a live link, but when I click it to test it in preview mode, I get this screen:

  href.li: hide your referrer

  Create an anonymous link that will hide the HTTP Referer header.
  Hide the referrer to your URL:

  href.li bookmarklet – drag this link to your Browser toolbar.

  I have no idea what that means or what to do with it. Help, please!

  Thank you!!

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Sep 8, 2014 at 8:19 pm

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  Hi there!

  It sounds like your YouTube link isn’t being inserted into the hyperlink editor, so the URL has no where to go. Can you give me a link to a draft or post where you’re having this problem?

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  skmcglaun · Member · Sep 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm

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  Thanks for your response! I think I figured it out–in copying and pasting I was messing up the link. I’ve gotten several to work in different posts now (well, drafts). Thanks again!

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  shawnajroberts · Member · Sep 11, 2014 at 1:38 pm

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  Great! Let me know if I can help with anything else.