My 1st attempt at adding an affiliate link to my post was a bust!

Problem solved!!!!!

I had ad blockers that were interfering with my links. They would not allow them to appear. I had some help from site support to remove them and I was able to post my links!! I even went to another article That I had written and posted links on that as well.

EVERYTHING WORKED!!!!

So, check and see if you have ad blockers if you run into the trouble that I did, and THANK YOU ALL WHO responded to my problem.

I can move on now, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Initial Question:

So I just spent the last two hours writing a review of some books that I love. I then followed Kyle's instruction on how to add a link to my post. I joined Amazon. Then looked up the books. Clicked in the "find link" tab. Highlighted the link and posted them to my post. I published the post, then tried the link I got this:

So, what did I do wrong? Target blank, Huh? Yeah, I still have A LOT to learn!

I'm wondering if it is because I just signed up for Amazon and they have not accepted me into the program yet? But I was able to find my link after I found the books. I am so confused...

Help, please.

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I am still working on finding the solution. Still struggling. UGH!!!

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/iamvirginia/blog/posting-lin...

Thank YOU jmac86 and bluepop13 for these tips:

"blank" simply means that it will be targeting a new tab or page to be opened. Double check your link and make sure that the opening tags "<" and closing tags ">" are included. Also, you will need to paste these links under the TEXT view, not the VISUAL view in word press. TEXT view allows you to add custom HTML to your blog. :-)

-Writing and publishing from WA SiteContent goes straight to regular WordPress. It's the main area.
-Text View is where you would (in WordPress) add HTML and such for extra functionality (ie. aff links).
_blank just tells the browser of the person clicking on your link that when the link is actually clicked on, that page should open in a new window or tab.
So, writing this in regular WordPress will simply display the text exactly as you have it written. Writing this in the Text View will allow WordPress to apply the HTML as it is meant to work.
HTML can certainly be a bit tricky, as one small detail can cause everything to stall. You're doing just fine and taking things slow until you understand the details is a good way to go about the training.

Kyle neglected to mention Text view and Visual view in the training. This messed me up. I am VERY new at all of this, and I am VERY GREATFUL for all the support and help that I get!

I applied these tips and it still won't work.

So, I am asking for more help.

https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/iamvirginia/blog/posting-lin...

Again, THANK YOU in advance for your responses and help.

Virginia