I and other moderators get tired of fixing this in comments daily, so I’m going to make a simple post on how to put links into your comment messages here. It’s dirt simple.
1. DON’T try to edit HTML to put in links in comments by hand. If you must, use an external HTML editor and test it first, then paste the HTML in. We also have a test page in the menu where you can try out comments and embedding beforehand.
2. KISS (keep it simple stupid):
There’s really no need to embed links and connect them to words, just type/paste in the URL with a short description. WordPress will automatically generate a link!
For example, here’s an AP story on climate talks that I posted in 5 seconds simply using cut and paste of topic and URL and no HTML editing. WordPress generated the link automatically.
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Analysis: Climate talks stumble
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5grWZrI1QCVpRj8N1hZtEKzKduVXAD9HF7O400
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You can try this out in comments below. Please be considerate of us overworked authors and moderators and follow KISS.
Thanks, Anthony
One more test then done =P
Targeted Link
Robinson says:
August 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm
I seldom click on links that just says “here” or something like it.”
Actually that is how hypertext is supposed to work :p. You can view the destination in your browser status bar (in most browsers).
Ted Nelson invented hypertext a long, long time before Tim Berners-Lee invented the Interweb.
There was no evil then, you know; only kittens, bunnies and hugs.
kadaka (KD Knoebel) says:
August 8, 2010 at 10:22 pm
Awesome. Everyone should get this greasemonkey thing. Well, everyone with firefox at least. No more manual typing of the URLs.
I’m going to test its subscript function here: CO2.
No, subscript doesn’t work.
Testing subscript CO2
Ken Finney says:
August 8, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Test link post, and promoting my son’s Zakk Wylde shred contest video, both at the same time, only more so!
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What a nice dad, to buy your son a Jackson Randy Rhodes guitar! Very impressive, off-topic and nicely done! Kid’s got the stuff, thanks for sharing!
Question: What are the tags to insert a YouTube clip as you did? I can’t seem to get that down!
OK we’re just stupids.
Sorry.
For those interested in learning some html:
How to make links
Here is how you make permalinks:
<a href=”url“>text to display</a>
replace url with:
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/
leave the quote marks
replace text to display
with: Power and Control
Power and Control
If you keep a cheat sheet (text file) up of your most commonly used forms it is really easy.
M. Simon says:
August 9, 2010 at 2:35 pm
For those interested in learning some html:
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Thanks, great tips & I like your suggestion of keeping a text file handy! Much appreciated!
CRS, Dr.P.H.: August 9, 2010 at 10:09 am
Question: What are the tags to insert a YouTube clip as you did? I can’t seem to get that down!
It’s dirt simple — YouTube will generate the code for you. Drop down just below the description of the vid and click the link. Highlight, cut, paste.
%$#@ur momisugly!
“Drop down just below the description of the vid and click the Embed link.”
Pasted links fail when they are directly abutted to some non-link text. So don’t do things like have quote marks or parenthesis right up against the links. Give them a space…
They also fail if there is gratuitous white space in the link, so watch out for having a line feed / return in the middle of a link. Just let the link wrap and it’s all OK.
Bill Tuttle,
I think the embed code isn’t required–just the url, like this:
This is a test!!
I shot this video at a dairy farm near Torreon, Mexico about 5 years ago, when I was consulting to a leading European carbon credit aggregator seeking to develop projects under the Kyoto Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Throw a geotextile cover over this manure pond & you will obtain some very high-quality biogas, suitable for electrical generation (or filling up the poop mobile)!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFaneq3Xvo8&hl=en_US&fs=1]
Bill Tuttle says:
August 10, 2010 at 1:52 am
%$#@ur momisugly!
“Drop down just below the description of the vid and click the Embed link.”
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Thanks, Bill, that worked like a charm!!
Us code-challenged individuals have to stick together, Doc — all the way-smarter folks outnumber us!
Surely if this is “WordPress” software thinggy,
then “BB code” can already be used on this site ?
Ok maybe you must add this plugin, but did you do it already ?
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/bbcode/
Let me try the “official” WordPress Test below:
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Bold: [b]bold[/b]
Italics: [i]italics[/i]
Underline: [u]underline[/u]
URL: [url]http://wordpress.org/[/url] [url=”http://wordpress.org/”]WordPress[/url]
Image: [img]http://s.wordpress.org/style/images/codeispoetry.png[/img]
Quote:
[quote]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi.[/quote]
Bold Italics: [b][i]Test text[/i][/b]
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Did that all Work ?
[size=300][color=red][b]BIG RED TEXT[/b][/color][/size]
Test
http://www.climate4you.com/Sun.htm#Recent solar irradiance
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