Problem inserting links
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Hi there I’m trying to contact the Happiness Engineers ??? I have been trying for weeks now to get an answer to a simple question and keep getting referred to the relevant doc about links, etc. I understand how to insert a link into my blog post, what I need to know is why I can insert a link to my website very successfully but following the same process I can’t insert a link to an article from The Independent (newspaper) or any other article published on the web for that matter. The link that I’m trying to insert is this: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/why-is-a-mediterranean-diet-so-good-for-you-scientists-think-they-know-9400889.html
Am I missing something fundamental here ??? does WordPress.com simply not support the linking of anything other than other people’s blogs or websites ? Please, please help, am at my wits end with this. Have read all the docs on this, Googled it, posted on the forum twice etc etc but still not getting the answer I need. I have no problem linking to my website http://www.casitalimonloves.moonfruit.com but when I try to link to the article in The Independent I get a message that says ‘This website is not available’ ???The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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I’m sorry my previous attempt to assist you at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/inserting-links-into-posts?replies=6#post-1893313 failed.
I’ll tag this thread for a Staff explanation. Please subscribe to the thread so you are notified when they respond and please be patient while waiting.
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You’re welcome.
anchor text – Why is a Mediterranean diet so good for you? Scientists think they know
creating the link:
<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/why-is-a-mediterranean-diet-so-good-for-you-scientists-think-they-know-9400889.html">Why is a Mediterranean diet so good for you? Scientists think they know </a>
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Hi there,
I’m sorry you’re having trouble creating that link. Can you please give me a link to a post or page where you tried to link to that article and it didn’t work? That way I can take a closer look at what might be going wrong.
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Hi there – thanks for getting back to me. Here is the post that I’m trying to put the link into:
http://casitalimonloves.wordpress.com/category/food/
The title of the post is ‘The Secret of the Mediterranean Diet may be in the Salad…’
Where it says ‘scientists now believe’ is where I’ve tried to link the article but when you click on it you get taken to a page that says ‘this web page is not available’
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Your link is not formatted correctly – it should be
You are picking up an extra http when you insert the link – that is a common error – especially with long URL’s
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