Title: link quicktag
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# link quicktag

 *  [zealousagenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zealousagenda/)
 * (@zealousagenda)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/)
 * Regardless of what I’ve read in the documentation, the “link” quicktag does not
   work. If I use it, the URLs do not appear in my posts–there’s nothing but a single
   blank space there.
 * I’m using Mac OS 10.3.7 with Safari 1.2.4.
 * There’s got to be a more user-friendly way to insert URLs. Invision Power Board(
   www.invisionboard.com) can make this happen no problem, so we should be able 
   to as well. But I am new to this, so I’ll understand stupidity, but I did RTFM.
   Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-124993)
 * What version of WP are you using? WP’s quicktags work almost exactly the same
   as IVPB’s. Do you have javascript enabled?
 *  Thread Starter [zealousagenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zealousagenda/)
 * (@zealousagenda)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-124994)
 * I’m using WP 1.2.2. In IVPB, when you click on “link” you receive 2 consecutive
   dialog boxes, one for the actual URL, and one for the text that you want that
   URL to read as in the post.
 * When I click on “link” in WP1.2.2 I get only the first box for the URL, and upon
   clicking OK it inserts code like this into the post:
    [less than]a href=”[http://wordpress.org/support/rss.php?topic=19920″%5Bgreater](http://wordpress.org/support/rss.php?topic=19920″%5Bgreater)
   than] (I had to interpolate the < and >) without prompting me for any other input.
   When I publish the post with that code, it appears blank (as a single space).
 * My install is at [http://zealousagenda.com/blog](http://zealousagenda.com/blog).
   There is where you can see that when I paste a URL into the post, it does not
   turn into a link like it is doing with this post. The only link that is working
   properly is the one that the upload engine gave to me, that I pasted into the
   post.
 * Yes, Javascript is enabled.
 * Thanks for your quick reply.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-124997)
 * I just registered as “testuser8”. Mind bumping me up to at least level 2, so 
   I can see this first hand? If you bump me up to level 5, I’ll delete my test 
   post after posting it too.
 *  Thread Starter [zealousagenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zealousagenda/)
 * (@zealousagenda)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-124999)
 * I’ve made you a 6 for good measure. I also made sure that any registered member
   can post.
 * I appreciate your help.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-125000)
 * It’s working fine for me. Here’s a quick run-down of the link quicktag just in
   case you’re not using it right.
 * 1. Hit the “link” button and enter your URL. This will produce a code that looks
   like this:
    `<a href="http://www.domain.com">`
 * 2. Now, notice that the link quicktag button displays as “/link”.
 * 3. What you need to do is enter your preferred word(s) for the hyper link after
   the code. Like this:
    `<a href="http://www.domain.com">Domain Title`
 * 4. Clicking the now named “/link” button will properly close the tag, leaving
   you with this:
    `<a href="http://www.domain.com">Domain Title</a>`
 * I don’t think you were properly closing the tag before.
 * P.S. Feel free to remove “testuser8” now.
 *  Thread Starter [zealousagenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zealousagenda/)
 * (@zealousagenda)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-125002)
 * Yes, I now understand. I do wish for the two-dialog-box method, but that is just
   from habit.
 * Thanks for resolving this so quickly.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-125004)
 * No problem, glad to help.
 * I don’t know if this has changed in the up-coming v1.5, but it might have. Just
   in case, you may want to file a feature request. [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/main_page.php](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/main_page.php)
 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-125018)
 * I would add my voice to support a two-dialogue-box method of adding links as 
   well. It seems cleaner, and is the norm for many different applications.
 *  Thread Starter [zealousagenda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zealousagenda/)
 * (@zealousagenda)
 * [21 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-quicktag/#post-125049)
 * I posted a feature request at: [http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=622](http://mosquito.wordpress.org/view.php?id=622)

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