Linking pages on your website

[Saxophonist]

I am trying to post a link between pages on my website. I used to be able to do this, but I think I must have done something wrong to the site because now it will not let me.
I am using this method:
create title for link eg click here for more info on ..........
Highlight this
Click on the link chain icon to insert hyperlink
when the widow pops up add the URL
then add link.
I know this used to work, but it will not work now so I must presume I have altered something.

 

[fisicx]

What doesn't work? Are you saying the link isn't being accepted or doesn't display or displays but doesn't work?

If you view the source code of the page can you see the anchors and the URL?

 

[Saxophonist]

The link is not being accepted I think because when I go to the original page there is no link.
What is an anchor?

 

[zigojacko]

Anchor is the word where you want to add your landing page. And if there is no link on your original page than you have no anchor text . So firstly you just make you link proper than its work.

No idea what you just said but the anchor is the text used for the link. The content between <a> and </a>. For example:-

<a href="http://mylink.com>this is my anchor</a>

 

[sambarnes90]

No idea what you just said but the anchor is the text used for the link. The content between <a> and </a>. For example:-

<a href="http://mylink.com>this is my anchor</a>

This is the right answer.

Bar one little closing " after the URL:

<a href="http://mylink.com">this is my anchor</a>

You can also include rel="nofollow" if your linking to external sites, or title="My Keyword" if you like.

Just don't overdo the title= aspect of it as you could eventually be seen as a keyword stuffer and slapped by search engines appropriately.

 

[SolutionLab]

Look, given the nature of the question, why don't you use Adobe Dreamweaver ? There's a fully functioning 30 day trial, a lot of tutorials & resources available and it's just easy.

Worst come to worst, just post a link to your website, tell me what you want done and I'll send you the HTML/JS/PHP files for you to re-upload. For free, obviously.

 

[fisicx]

Adobe Dreamweaver?

Why would anyone ever use that bit of bloatware? And it's not going to fix their problem 'cos they are using a CMS.

 

[SolutionLab]

Adobe Dreamweaver?

Why would anyone ever use that bit of bloatware? And it's not going to fix their problem 'cos they are using a CMS.

Fair point, code coming out of Dreamweaver lacks efficiency. But it's time-efficient and straight-forward for him. But ok.

As for Saxo, there are a few tutorials on WordPress (I'm guessing) on Lynda and Tuts+ which should solve your problems. Sometimes it can be a little thing like not having a - in your URL, so just keep trying.

 

[Saxophonist]

I have had a look at this again and when I highlight the anchor text and then click on the link chain, the anchor text is now now not highlighted when I return back to the original text.
Any ideas?

 

[fisicx]

What CMS are you using? Try using a different browser? When was the last time you cleared your cache or turned the PC off?

 

[sambarnes90]

Clearing cache might well solve this.

WordPress is incredibly reliable and is probably the best CMS out there for simple sites.

Can you record a screencast of what you're doing maybe we could spot what's going wrong?

 

[10032012]

This is the right answer.

Bar one little closing " after the URL:

<a href="http://mylink.com">this is my anchor</a>

You can also include rel="nofollow" if your linking to external sites, or title="My Keyword" if you like.

Just don't overdo the title= aspect of it as you could eventually be seen as a keyword stuffer and slapped by search engines appropriately.

The a in the opening and closing tags is short for anchor. The href is short for hypertext reference. The contents within the opening and closing tag is the anchor text. Not the anchor. Anchor is usually informal way of referring to anchor bookmarks (i.e. pass an anchor text with an id on the page, and link to it with page.html#idvalue) - less used these days except for #top. (Of course you can also do this with section tag etc. <section id="item3"> .... </section> and link with page.html#item3)

 

[10032012]

Can you not use the HTML tab that gets rid of the editor with a box of just HTML code?

I normally do something like this to make it easier..... %%LINKHERE%% in the editor, and look for that in the HTML, then replace with the link (or whatever I am changing it for)

The problem could be a plugin hook interfering... or wordpress (assumingly) is adding empty links without anchor text for some reason or another.

 

[Trish_Mundus]

if you want to set a link to anouther page in code write this
<a href="link-page.html">Click here</a>
if you want to set hyperlink in code write
<a href="#click">Click here</a>
and in section where your text about "Click here"
<div id="click">Text text text about click here</div> or
<a name="click">Title of click here text</a>
after clicking on Click here it will show the section with text

 

[fisicx]

'name' is depreciated in HTML5.

 

[DexSmart]

Html is easy. If you want to create the link pyramid structure then you have to add some content before, and create it step by step.