Widget Troubles
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When every I try to,copy/paste html code,(that links to another site),into a text widget,when I hit the ‘save changes’ the url/image does not display in my sidebar nor does the link function.The code is not corrupted as the same code seems to work on other blogs.I do have a few sites linked in my sidebar using the text widget,i.e ‘Sitemeter’,a link to an ‘alternative media source’ and 3 links to blog communities I am affiliated with,for a total of 5 in 3 separate text widget box’s.
Is there a limit to the number of sites I can link to using copy & paste html code in the text widgets ? Am I missing something ? -
What is the code you are trying to use. Post it here between backticks (to the left of the number 1 key on your keyboard).
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Well it’;s any number of sites it seems but the particular code I have been trying to load are is links to another WP site that I set up,anyway here is the code(also could it be a java issue) ;
<a href=”http://leftyblogs.wordpress.com/” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z65/leftybloggers/lefty_blog_awards_2007.gif” border=”0″ alt=”The Lefty’s”></a></a> -
i think the problem is the quotation marks. They look like “curly” quotes instead of plain ones. Try retyping the quotation marks and see if that helps. Otherwise, it looks like perfectly suitable, innocuous code to me.
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Thanks Judy I will try that,right now I gotta to run out for a hour or so.When I get back I will see if that resolves the issue(of this one particular link).That said this seems to happen all the time,there are other sites I have tried to link too,but they also do not display in the sidebar.I gave up even trying to link about a month or so ago,today I was just checking to see if perhaps the issue had resolved it self.I am convinced the issue is not related to code but to a bug on my blog,browser perhaps a java issue or an issue only the staff at WP can fix.I have had problems in the past with my blog,but they all resolved themselves or were known issues with the good folks at WP .
Code and computer technical issue in most part( I understand the very basics) are beyond my capabilities.
Anyway I will check back in an hour or so…thanks.In the meantime any other ideas would be appreciated -
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<a href="http://leftyblogs.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z65/leftybloggers/lefty_blog_awards_2007.gif" border="0" alt="The Lefty’s"></a>That should work.
You also had an extra
</a>at the end in addition to the curly quotes. -
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As I said,this one particular issues seems to be working.Out of curiosity I have attempted to add copy and paste code(s) from to text box widget’s on my site.They still do not work.These copy and paste codes seem to work on other sites no problam.But soon as I attempt to,they do not work.For example
<script type="text/javascript"> var irr_lang = 'en'; </script> <script src="http://fragments.irrepressible.info/js/fragment-180.js" type="text/javascript"> </script>I just don’t understand,do I have to try and modify every time I want to add such links to my blog.
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We can’t use javascript here at wordpress.com because of security concerns and any javascript you insert will be stripped out by the software.
For reference from the FAQ: http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/05/07/javascript-can-i-use-that-on-my-blog/
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Okay ,I asked that right off the hop ,in my second comment at the very beginning of this thread
…”Well it’;s any number of sites it seems but the particular code I have been trying to load are is links to another WP site that I set up,anyway here is the code(also could it be a java issue)”…
Anyway I understand now.What If I was to get my own blog domain and hosted,would I then be able to copy and paste java code to my WP blog?Or would I have to switch to another blogging platrform
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@engagedspectator
I see that you mentioned “it could be a “java” issue,” and we must have missed that. The code snippets you provided (except for the last) were not javascript and that is what the volunteers were responding to. Sorry for the confusion. You can use html links, just not javascript. -
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