linking to a URL within a post

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  purpleswirlarts · Member · Dec 6, 2008 at 3:16 am

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  I feel stupid because I can’t figure out how to add a linked URL within a post. I’m talking about a product and I want to add a link. When I provide the URL, it’s not clickable. I remember it was easier, had a tool just like “add an image” called “add a link” or something like that. I can never remember how to do the HTML code because I never wanted to learn coding. Isn’t there an easy way to do this?

  Nancy C.
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  vivianpaige · Member · Dec 6, 2008 at 3:18 am

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  Searches are a blogger’s friend :) http://support.wordpress.com/links/5/

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  omarmodesto · Member · Dec 6, 2008 at 3:19 am

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  Simply select a portion of text that you want to have as a link and, on the toolbar, click on the icon that looks like a chain (right next to the text alignment icons).

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  omarmodesto · Member · Dec 6, 2008 at 3:20 am

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  Whoops, she beat me to it! Yes, see that link.

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  purpleswirlarts · Member · Dec 6, 2008 at 6:40 am

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  Thanks, I did search, but the only info I could find was for links in the sidebar, such as the blogroll. I’ll go link up my URLs now.

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  purpleswirlarts · Member · Dec 6, 2008 at 6:51 am

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  I just figured out why I couldn’t find it before. If I’m looking for something, I normally hover my mouse over an icon and look at the explanation that pops up. When in QuickPress, the URL chain isn’t available; when I was in edit, it was grayed out because I didn’t have the text selected. Grayed out=no explanation.

  Thanks again for getting me over this hump!