Link to Blog Not Working
When commenting on a thread about SE Bloggers, the link to my blog is not working. It works wherever else I have posted it, including in my SE profile. Any suggestions on how to post it so it links to my blog? Thanks.
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8 Comments:
This isn't an answer to the question, but is somewhat related - can someone post the instructions for putting a link into a comment? Thanks!
NYCEater at 10:36AM on 05/31/09
add before the link you want and after.
Remove the [ and ] from the above.
Ex. - you can read more about hamburgers at A Hamburger Today. The link will show up blue in the comment preview.
kitchengeeking at 10:43AM on 05/31/09
huh, that's odd. the preview showed the code you needed...lemme try one more time a different way.
a href="LINK URL" before the link
/a after the link
add to bracket the code above
kitchengeeking at 10:46AM on 05/31/09
Okay, @kittchengeeking, I've been avoiding html because every time I've tried it gets botched here...it's been a long time since I've needed this stuff, and the previews don't show the results. so I can never tell if I've got it right..
So, your information is about the same as what's posted below, BUT...
I know I need to put the web address there somewhere, but is it where they've got URL or link? Or both? And assuming (and I could be wrong) that something goes where URL is, do I leave the quotes in or no?
dbcurrie at 1:18PM on 05/31/09
@cookingathome,
You do not really need to fiddle about with the html tags and syntax if you don't want to. All you really need to do is to copy and past the web address to your Blog into one of these comment windows. Just be sure to copy the entire thing from beginning to end.
Grumpy Old Man at 1:35PM on 05/31/09
Use the following code for making a link:
<a href="paste-url-here">write-some-link-text-here</a>
EXAMPLES
My fave website is <a href="http://www.seriouseats.com">Serious Eats</a>.
Yields: My fave website is Serious Eats.
Check out <a href="http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/simple-cauliflower-recipe.html">this awesome recipe</a> from 101 Cookbooks.
Yields: Check out this awesome recipe from 101 Cookbooks.
TIP
When linking the URL in the code above, make sure to always include the entire URL, including the http:// part ...
Yes: <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>
No: <a href="google.com">Google</a>
Adam Kuban at 2:46PM on 05/31/09
@kitchengeeking: The actual code wasn't showing up because the minute you type the "<" and ">" elements to create HTML code, those characters immediately disappear—since they become part of the code and must necessarily be hidden. You have to then use special code to get the HTML code characters to show up—I use < (> (>).
Adam Kuban at 2:50PM on 05/31/09
Thanks, @Adam. I'm sure I could have figured it out if I had invested a few more brain cells in it, but I'll admit that having programs do this sort of thing for me automatically has made me really lazy about it. Which is sort of sad, considering that my first computer required coding for the word processing programs. Yes, I'm older than Word.
dbcurrie at 3:03PM on 05/31/09