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1. Anuradha Edirisuriya
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hello,
   I have been using TwentyTen Child Theme - TwentyTen Church for my website. The problem I have faced so far is that when I add a text widget and enter some text or add any image linking to external source, it wraps with the site's link.

   For example;

   I entered the text "Find me on facebook" and linked it like below.

   <a title="Find Us" target="_blank" href="www.facebook.com/xxxxxxxxx">Find me on facebook</a>

   Then I saved it and clicked to test it. But I was directed to,
   http://prefects.bandaranayakecollege.org/www.facebook.com/xxxxxxxxx

   not to www.facebook.com/xxxxxxxxx. Why does this happen? Any solution will be appreciated.

   Thank you.
   Anuradha

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   this is what the browser sees in the textwidget:
   <a title="Find Us" target="_blank" href="bandaranayakecollege"><img src="http://prefects.bandaranayakecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fb-find.png" /></a>
   double check it and insert the intended link.

3. Anuradha Edirisuriya
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Sorry, my bad. Even if I put that code, it directs me to prefects.bandaranayakecollege.org/bandaranayakecollege not to bandaranayakecollege.

   I corrected it now. The text, "Find me on facebook" is replaced with the image.

   <a title="Find Us" target="_blank" href="www.facebook.com/bandaranayakecollege"><img src="http://prefects.bandaranayakecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fb-find.png"/></a>

   Something is wrapping the code it put there. I can't figure out why that happens.

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   try and use http:// with all absolute link urls;

   i.e.:

   <a title="Find Us" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/bandaranayakecollege"><img src="http://prefects.bandaranayakecollege.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fb-find.png"/></a>

5. Anuradha Edirisuriya
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Now it works. Thank you very much.

6. fridaygrrl
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi, I am new to HTML and have followed the instructions in the text widget for placing an image-- here is the code:

   <img src="http://www.mywebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/USMS-Logo-FINAL-tm.jpg" width="200" />

   Now I would like to link that image to another website, opening in a separate window. I have searched these forums before asking, but being new to HTML, I didn't understand some of the responses. One responder said to look it up on W3 School, but I was lost there too. Any help is appreciated.

7. Anuradha Edirisuriya
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   <a title="your-website-name" target="_blank" href="your-website-url"><img src="http://www.mywebsite.org/wp-content/uploads/USMS-Logo-FINAL-tm.jpg" width="200" /></a>

   Copy and paste this in text widget and rename "your-website-name" and "your-website-url" to relevant name and url.

8. fridaygrrl
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thank you very much! This worked great.

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