Adding Links In Wordpress
Here is a step by step guide with screenshots for adding links to your posts if you’re using wordpress.
When you go to write a post, your screen should look something like this:
* Note: If you are using a self hosted wordpress program with tiny MCE installed, it will have a lot more icons but the process for linking is the same.
Type in the words you wish to appear as a link and then highlight them like this:
Then click on the icon I have circled in red. It looks like a single chain link.
A screen like the one in the image below should appear.
Where it says “link URL” you want to type (or copy and paste) the URL of the link (so http://www.lighteningonline.com as an example).
Then click on insert and your highlight text should now be a clickable link.
If you use the “code” page for writing your posts, your screen will look more like this:
The process is essentially the same. Type in the text you want to use. Highlight it. Then click on the word “link”.
A screen like this should appear:
Simply enter the URL of the page you are linking to and click OK.
Note: If you are copying and pasting the URL you’ll need to check that the http:// hasn’t been entered twice. It is already there and often copying and pasting a URL will include this section. If a link says http://http:// it will end up as an invalid link. This goes for whatever method of linking you are using.
If all else fails, this is what the coding looks like for adding a link.
<a href=”http://www.lighteningonline.com“>Lightening</a>
The section in red is where you type in the URL you wish to link to. The section in blue is the text you want the URL to appear as.
Note that you will need to type this into your “code” screen otherwise it will simply look like it does above and will not convert into a clickable link.
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This was perfect, a picture or diagram always does it for me
Thanks Lightening
Regards
Kerry