HTML code instead of link showing
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I have no idea what I’m doing wrong here, but my HTML code looks right. Despite this, it’s still showing the code instead of the link when you view the website. This is on my About page.
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Post the code here between code tags please so we can examine it. Know that if the code is for an iframe or of it is javascript, the software will strip it out as we have code restrictions.
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Hi again,
I typed http://globalcomunityradio.blogspot.com into my upper browser bar and clicked. The link redirected to http://globalcomunityradio.blogspot.ca/Blog not found
Sorry, the blog you were looking for does not exist. However, the name globalcomunityradio is available to register! -
I did a google search for both URLs and all I found was a single reference.
site: globalcomunityradio.blogspot.com
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Ok, I realized I typed the web address wrong, but that still doesn’t explain why it’s showing up as HTML code rather than a link. It should look like this, Global Community Radio with a link, let’s see if that worked with the forums.
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Yes, that link looks correct, and it’s the exact same code that’s on my about page, but the about page isn’t showing it that way.
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Hi @theradiocrytic, can you edit the page, but be sure you switch to HTML mode before placing the link? If you paste < and > in visual mode, they’ll be converted so that they visually show up as those characters on the web page.
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I’m using the classic editor in HTML mode. I cut the link out of the page, updated it, then put the link back in but no change to the display of the page.
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I wonder if you’re inadvertently copying the HTML that would show those symbols. Hmm.
Try this instead: in the visual (not HTML) editor, type Global Community Radio, highlight it, then click the chain link icon. In the box, paste http://globalcomunityradio.blogspot.com .
That should insert the link, too.
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@Supernovia, can you see my page? I just reposted the page by completely deleting the page and recreating it, but it’s still showing the HTML code rather than displaying the link properly.
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Hi @theradiocrytic, yes I can see the page.
Here is the code I see, versus the code I should see, when I click on the HTML mode:
https://cloudup.com/c22BN005viQDid you get a chance to try what I recommended earlier? Here it is again:
Try this instead: in the visual (not HTML) editor, type Global Community Radio, highlight it, then click the chain link icon. In the box, paste http://globalcomunityradio.blogspot.com .
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Please keep in mind that I’m totally blind, so a screenshot isn’t really going to help me. Could you describe what you see and what you should see? I don’t use the visual editor because although it’s been several years since I’ve tried it, last time I did my screen reader kept getting stuck in that editor.
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It isn’t a screenshot actually, it’s pasted code. Here it is again, though I’m not sure whether our forum will try to convert it (which is why I’d pasted it at Cloudup.)
<a href="http://globalcommunityradio.blogspot.com">Global Community Radio</a>should be
<a href="http://globalcommunityradio.blogspot.com>Global Community Radio</a>Alternatively, will you try the visual editor and confirm whether it still locks up?
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Ok, I was able to read the cloudup page, and pasted the correct code from that page into the visual editor as you instructed, but it’s still showing the code instead of the link when viewing the page.
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Hi @theradiocrytic),
Please either paste the code into the HTML editor, OR use the steps for the visual editor.
Just remember: code goes in the HTML editor.
The other steps work in the visual editor. Thanks. :)
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Ok, fixed it. Now, can you look at my revisions prior to today and tell me what’s different about them? I couldn’t figure out why this wasn’t working because my html code was correct, or at least it looked to be.
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Yes, the problem seems to be that you were pasting HTML into the visual editor, which changed it so users could see the code rather than the link. Alternatively you were copying that altered code and pasting it in the HTML editor.
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