Inserting links in posts

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  ordinarydevotedmother · Member · Feb 24, 2009 at 5:12 am

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  I tried inserting a link into one of my posts and when I publish the post there is just a blank space where the link should be. I tried (using the directions on the WordPress support page) both methods: visual editor and html editor with same results. Anyone else experienced this problem? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks, Michelle

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  raincoaster · Member · Feb 24, 2009 at 5:24 am

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  Can we have a link to a post on your blog that is experiencing this problem? Also, what browser aand version are you using? And have you changed the colours on the blog at all?

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  solidarnotes · Member · Feb 24, 2009 at 4:52 pm

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  I’m experiencing this problem as well. I’ve tried both methods as well and links/videos/pictures don’t show. Using IE, no colour changes.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 24, 2009 at 8:08 pm

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  @solidarnotes: As raincoaster says above, we need a link to a post with the problem in question.

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  solidarnotes · Member · Feb 24, 2009 at 8:35 pm

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  @panaghiotisadmam: http://solidarnotes.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/a-paradigm-shift-in-perspective-on-africa/ . I’m trying to link to a TED talk found here: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/andrew_mwenda_takes_a_new_look_at_africa.html

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 24, 2009 at 11:24 pm

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  I can only see plain text in your post – no traces of an attempted link.

  Method 1: Post editor > highlight “enjoy the video” > click the Link button > paste the URL of the talk in the box that pops up.

  Method 2: HTML post editor > paste the code for a link. Model:
  <a href="URL_HERE" target="_blank">TEXT_HERE</a>

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  solidarnotes · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 3:55 pm

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  @panaghiotisadmam: I’ve tried both methods numersous times. The link button on my “visual” posting dashboard is dead, and when I paste the code into the post in HTML it disappears when I hit “update” post. That is, the link does not show, nor does the HTML code.

  Any further help?

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Feb 25, 2009 at 4:25 pm

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  No further help, I’m afraid: that’s the way to do links, and the URL you gave above is ok. I even tried it in my tests blog after switching to the theme you’re using: theme ok too. Maybe you should try clearing your browser’s cache and cookies (if you haven’t tried that already). Failing that, too, you should probably contact Support.