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1. eeekstreet@gmail.com
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   How do I link an image to an external URL?
   I enter the correct url when uploading the image but when I test it on my page it directs me to:
   http://www.myurl.com/www.externalurl.com
   Which obviously doesnt work... Seems like its only set up to link to image file or an internal Post URL.
   Please help

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/image-widget/

2. Peter Chester
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   prefix the url with http://

   http://www.externalurl.com is not a valid url.
   http://www.externalurl.com is a valid url.

3. Peter Chester
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   if my answer works for you, i'd greatly appreciate it if you could close this thread. thanks!

4. klkirk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi Peter,
   I seem to be having the same issue. I have tried to link my image to a page on my site. I have used the entire url copied directly from the url bar and it always sends me right back to the upload site, not the page I want. when I examine your answer above I am not seeing the difference between the valid and invalid examples you give. They look exactly the same to me. Can you help> thanks. Kathy Kirk

5. Peter Chester
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi Kathy. For some reason the forum has automatically corrected my example. Let me try again:

   invalid: http://www.externalurl.com
   valid: http://www.externalurl.com

   If you don't prefix with http:// then the browser assumes the url is a page on your site and will effectively link to: http://yoursite.com/www.externalurl.com

6. Peter Chester
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   arg!!! It auto corrected again. Let me try this another way.

   invalid: www . externalurl . com
   valid: http : // www . externalurl . com

   but without the weird spacing.

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