WARNING!
This post may not interest anyone who isn’t a novice WordPress blog user.
It’s a special bit of help for the token bloke in my sad little on-line world. The rest of you can find a nice magazine for a while. Hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow with something a bit more interesting!
Creating Links within a WordPress Post
Your blank post should look a lot like this.
Notice the tool bar
The insert/edit and remove link buttons are on the top row. They look feint because we have nothing selected that might require a link.
Let’s for example, link to my About Page
First of all I use my mouse to click and drag across the two words to select them:
Once they are selected the link buttons become active
Click on the Insert/edit link (the one on the left – Note the function of these buttons is displayed when you hover your cursor over them)
You will get the following:
You can either copy and paste an URL here for someone else’s site / post
OR
if you want a link to another page or post on your own site, click the tiny arrow where it says
Then you can scroll through your blog contents to find the post you want to link and click on it
Click on it and the link URL appears in the URL bar.
(Don’t worry about the Title Bar – WordPress fill that in automatically.)
I prefer a reader not to lose my originating page so I tick the box that makes the link open in a new window/tab.
Then click the blue button at the bottom right that says Add Link and the text in your post will be highlighted in a different colour.
Voila!
Your highlighted text should look a bit like this and link to the URL hidden behind it:-
” Let’s for example, link to my About Page “
June 11, 2014 at 1:07 pm
Very clear instructions, Lisa. Well done. I must say, as a WordPress user, I really like following others who blog with WordPress. It makes it so much easier. I guess others probably find it easier to follow those using the same hosting service as well. I was reading about websites yesterday (as I prepare to set up my own) and the suggestion was made to open links to external pages in a new tab, but to open links to other pages in your own blog/site in the same tab. I’m not sure why the difference but I always like the links to open in a new tab so I don’t lose my starting place. It makes it so much easier to go back and find all the pages again if wanting to check other information. I haven’t used the ‘existing content’ as you suggested above. I have always gone to the post to get the URL. Next time I’ll follow your advice. It will be much easier. Thanks.
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June 11, 2014 at 10:55 am
It worked; my next post will be full of the little puppies… Ta everso!!
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June 11, 2014 at 12:09 pm
Yay!
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June 11, 2014 at 3:45 am
Very thoughtful of you to break down how to link. It’s often little things that prevent people from even trying. Your post is very clear. And I’d rather read your tutorial than a magazine right now. 🙂
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June 11, 2014 at 8:43 am
Too kind!
In my early days I did some computer user training and have developed the odd manual or two – and that time in ‘Productivity Services’ I did a fair amount of ‘method study’ which is about breaking a job down into its elements. I love the nerdy analysis so long as it doesn’t take too long!
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June 10, 2014 at 10:45 pm
Bollocks. I’ve been a prize tit. I’ve copied and pasted the Url into the post then highlighted it and added the same url in the little link box; then I’ve written into the ‘add title’ box what I want to call it and pressed ‘add link’ and nothing happens… because, doofus that I am, I’ve given the url a title which is a url. Oh f*** shit and damn. Token bloke with the wit and imagination of a bag of spanners…. Thank you, oh kind a generous teacher. I owe you lunch sometime…
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June 11, 2014 at 8:44 am
I’ve only earnt lunch if you manage to produce a link in your next post..!
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June 10, 2014 at 8:13 pm
I like your technie tips Lisa, they’re really helpful for people like me who haven’t the patience or time to figure these things out. And thank you for reminding me I actually have a wordpress blog (unactivated ‘cos I can’t decide on a template). I’m also going to bookmark this page, and you may even have nudged this item up my to do list one or two places.
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June 10, 2014 at 9:11 pm
Aw thanks, but what’s wrong with your current site? Or is it for another persona?!
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June 10, 2014 at 6:54 pm
Ditto on what Sarah said. Switching over soon. Glad to know this tip is out here. By the way, posts I have done on technology tips have gotten a lot of page views 🙂
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June 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm
Thanks Jeanne – And it’s also good to know it may be worth the effort.
This one didn’t take too long at all. 😄
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June 10, 2014 at 5:50 pm
Thank you for this tutorial. I hope to switch to wordpress soon(ish). I’ve bookmarked this. Much appreciated!
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June 10, 2014 at 6:05 pm
Thanks Sarah ! It drove me mad to start with but I’m getting there!
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