No toolbar with add link visible
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Hello, I am simply trying to add a link in the sidebar of my blog but cannot work out how to do it. I think you have to add a Text widget and then turn some of what you write into a link but cannot for the life of me work out how. I have looked on the FAQ’s and it says highlight text and go to the toolbar and click the add link symbol but I don’ see any such toolbar when in the writing in the Text widget window, I’m stumped.
Thanks
Simon
blog URL: http://sdetreywhite.wordpress.com
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The easiest way is to create what you want to appear in the sidebar in a draft post you will later delete. When it’s right copy and paste the contents from the HTML editor into a text widget.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/ -
Also check to be sure that you have access to the Visual editor set up > http://en.support.wordpress.com/missing-visual-editor/
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To write links directly in a text widget, you use this code:
<a href="URL HERE">TEXT HERE</a>
Or, if you wish to make the link open in a new browser window or tab:
<a href="URL HERE" target="_blank">TEXT HERE</a>
You can copy these two models, save them in a simple text file, and copy-paste them each time you need them.You can also create links via Links > Add New in your dashboard sidebar (paste URL, type the text to display, select options); for those links to show up in your sidebar, you need to add the Links widget.
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Hi thanks very much for the replies. Very helpful and I’ve now managed to link to my website but now I am stuck on adding an email link to my sidebar. I have read the page on email links and followed the instructions but it does not work. What I want to do is have people click on the word ‘here” in the sidebar and instantly a new email message pops up from the persons email client with my address filled in in the address field all ready to go, how can I achieve this please?
many thanks
Simon -
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