Stupid Question re links

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  3bbnpositives · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 5:26 pm

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  I am fairly computer illiterate so bare with me. I want to be able to link to websites and now have to include the “www” portion of the link. For example if I am linking to the website about DOGS THT JUGGLE I would like the ALL CAPS part to be the hyper link.

  Teach me? :)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 5:29 pm

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  bare= naked
  You mean “bear”.

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  timethief · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 5:30 pm

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  re: www
  www is an old protocol from back when everything was under separate server hardware. www (www.example.com) was the web server, mail (mail.example.com) was the mail server, ftp (ftp.example.com) was the FTP server, print (print.example.com) was the print server, etc.

  These days, everything is run under the web server, making www. redundant and a waste of four characters. Hence entering the “www” simply means the link will redirect to the correct one which is the same one without the http://

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  timethief · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 5:34 pm

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  For example if I am linking to the website about DOGS THT JUGGLE I would like the ALL CAPS part to be the hyper link.

  I’ll show you how to do that but I do want you to know that typing in all capital letters online is considered to be the rude equivalent to SHOUTING! into someone’s face. It’s also a very bad choice when it comes to ease of readability.

  This is the guide for creating links in posts and pages: http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/

  This is the general link model:
  <a href="URL HERE">HIGHLIGHTED ANCHOR TEXT HERE</a>
  This is the visual result – it’s not actually linked.
  HIGHLIGHTED ANCHOR TEXT HERE

  1. Enter the anchor text you want to link to first.
  2. Then use your mouse to highlight that anchor text. (If you don’t highlight the anchor text the chain icon will remain grayed out and not be useable.)
  3. Next click the chain icon in the editor and proceed to create the link.

  More here > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/05/20/creating-html-hyperlinks-links-in-wordpress/ and here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2014/05/22/relevant-anchor-text-matters/

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  3bbnpositives · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 5:57 pm

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  Thanks! I think I know what to do it now. Btw, the all caps was to set out what I wanted to link. I couldn’t find the bold function for the post… Don’t plan on shouting at people! :)

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  timethief · Member · Aug 28, 2014 at 5:59 pm

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  I couldn’t find the bold function for the post.

  See here please > Visual Editor Row 1 icon #1
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/visual-editor/#row-1