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1. valerama
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I don't know if the Footer option has been in previous versions, because I always have manually created my footers. But since I'm using a template created with Ass, I figured I'd use the feature.

   When I place this text into the box:
   <a href='http://anywherecomputerrepair.net/contact-us'>Contact Us</a> | <a href='#'>Terms of Use</a> | <a href='#'>Privacy Statement</a><br />Copyright © 2009 Anywhere Computer Repair. All Rights Reserved.

   and hit save, I get:
   <a href=\'http://anywherecomputerrepair.net/contact-us\'>Contact Us</a> | <a href=\'#\'>Terms of Use</a> | <a href=\'#\'>Privacy Statement</a><br />Copyright © 2009 Anywhere Computer Repair. All Rights Reserved.
   (the extra slashes were inserted to escape the ' marks enclosing the URLs)

   Now my footer on the blog, shows the following link...
   http://anywherecomputerrepair.net/contact-us/%5C%27http://anywherecomputerrepair.net/contact-us%5C%27

   I am completely stumped!

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Have you tried replacing the single quotes with double quotes?

3. CaesarG
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I get the exact same thing since upgrading to 2.8 with double quotes.

   My pages are also all returning 404 errors now, pages, not posts.

4. valerama
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Figured it out -- no quotes around the URL. Doesn't make sense to me, but works.

5. CaesarG
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I can confirm this works. Why would this suddenly change from 2.7 to 2.8 without warning I dont know.

6. angelopc
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I didn't notice this issue until 2.9. Hopefully, I didn't just miss it in 2.8.

7. cokatu
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I'm having the same problem with the Text widget (running WPMU 2.8.1).

   ...and deleting the quote marks didn't work for me. It simply auto-replaces the double quote marks AND adds the backslashes.

   I'm guessing the answer is: upgrade. But it ain't that simple, working in government. It'll happen, just not today.

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