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Creating links in posts
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About This Siteon: September 7, 2021 at 3:30 pm
As of April, 2023, this has been updated. Please see the Update post below
– create the text that you want to contain the URL
– select it
– with that text now highlighted, click on the little chain icon in the Visual tool bar above
– paste or type the URL into the dialog
– click the Return icon or hit return on your keyboard
– that’s it….
Just remember that the link will fail if you simply try to paste a copied url into the regular Create Topic/Reply dialog. For reasons best known to WordPress, you are required to create a URL through the use of the link (chain) icon.
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This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by
Christopher Sanderson.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #1 on: September 7, 2021 at 4:07 pmThanks, Chris. Next time I’ll do it.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #2 on: May 4, 2023 at 4:24 pmUpdate
URLs may now be simply pasted into the post’s text. They must still refer to secure servers, https and not http.-
This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by
Christopher Sanderson.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #3 on: January 27, 2024 at 12:36 pmDoesn’t work. The post is “forbidden” as “spam”.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #4 on: January 27, 2024 at 1:02 pmDoesn’t work. The post is “forbidden” as “spam”.
Ditto.
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management" (pluralsight.com)”
Re: Creating links in postsReply #5 on: January 27, 2024 at 6:36 pmTest
https://www.theguardian.com/uk
hmmm sometimes works. I will try and sort
https://www.unitconverters.net/length/millimeter-to-point.htm
So it works for me but not for you – frustrating for all, I apologize. I will dig further.
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This reply was modified 6 months ago by
Christopher Sanderson.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #6 on: January 27, 2024 at 7:08 pmTest:
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management" (pluralsight.com)”
Re: Creating links in postsReply #7 on: January 27, 2024 at 7:09 pmNope, just tried again with the URL for your own web site, got this:
Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management" (pluralsight.com)”
Re: Creating links in postsReply #8 on: January 28, 2024 at 11:21 amTest as ‘Participant’ using Firefox
Again it works for me when I post as a Participant without Admin privileges.
When this problem re-occurs, could you send the Browser, OS and link in a Message to me
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This reply was modified 6 months ago by
General User.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #9 on: January 28, 2024 at 11:52 amTest as ‘Participant’ using Firefox
Again it works for me when I post as a Participant without Admin privileges.
When this problem re-occurs, could you send the Browser, OS and link in a Message to me
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This reply was modified 6 months ago by
General User.
Message sent with details.
Re: Creating links in postsReply #10 on: January 30, 2024 at 11:24 amSimon, did you get my reply by Message?
Chris S
“Thanks Simon, – a couple of things– Did you try posting with both Safari & Chrome? If not, would you try again with the unused browser.
– When you paste the URL, are you certain there is no html text formatting included from another application? Any hidden formatting characters will screw up the URL.
– Can you try using the ‘chain’ in the tool bar to create the link on selected text? If there is any html formatting in the URL, I believe this tool strips it out.
ChrisRe: Creating links in postsReply #11 on: February 6, 2024 at 1:35 pmChris. Have you received my emails – re-sent to the new address you gave me ?
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