Why can't I create links in my EDIT PAGE?
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I used to be able to create links in my EDIT PAGE, but recently WP is not allowing me to create links. What is wrong or what do I need to do to create links again?
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Hi there,
Are you trying to add a link to a post or page in the editor? You can create a link by following the steps described here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/links/#creating-links
If that doesn’t work for you, please let me know where you get stuck and I’ll be happy to help further. :)
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Thank you Rachel. I’m in the Edit Page and I’m adding links to individual blog posts, kinda like a blogroll. I used to be able to add links without problems, but now, I highlight the link text, click on the paper clip, and nothing happens. I’m in Visual mode, not Text.
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Do you also encounter this issue in a different browser? for example Firefox or Google Chrome?
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Hi Kardotim. Thanks for your response. I opened WP in Chrome & Firefox and creating the links worked fined just as they were supposed to. WP was working fine in Explorer until I downloaded an iTunes & Java update. Since then WP Create Link icon was greyed out, hence not letting me create links. I could create links in Text Mode, but that was a rather arduous process. I have a SUBJECT INDEX page on my blogsite and this is where I create most of my links.
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I’m sorry you’re encountering that problem. Can you please try clearing out your cache and cookies using the guide below?
Or reset the Internet Explorer browser using these instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
Looking forward to your reply.
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Hi Kardotim. Thanks for your suggestions. I didn’t reset IE after reading that it was irreversible. So I cleared the cookies, opened my dashboard, EDIT PAGE, but clicking on the link icon didn’t do anything.
I tried to clear the cache but when I went to TOOLS and clicked on F12DEVELOPER TOOLs, I didn’t get the DEVELOPER TOOLS window that the MS instructions said would appear. So I didn’t clear the cache. [I don’t know a thing about code, so I left the F12 thingy alone.
I went back to my EDIT PAGE and when I tried to create a link, WP still wouldn’t create the link. But when I forced a refresh using CTRL + F5, I was able to create links like before.
When I went to another page to edit that page, I tried to create a link, but WP wouldn’t create the link. When I refreshed that page (CTRL + F5), I could create links on that page like before.
I am willing to refresh the page whenever I need to add new links and thus consider this problem solved. If you have any more suggestions I would be willing to try them.
As noted on your site (which I hadn’t noticed before) WP recommends using Firefox and that’s what I’ll use from now on. I didn’t have a bit of problem creating links in Firefox.
Thanks again for your attention and service.
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