External Links

Now for external links. Note that when you do this for affiliate links, just make sure you go through the affiliate site or your code won’t be on the link.

  • STEP 1.Select the external website you want to link to and high light it. In my example it is to a site referencing my paragraphs on the Rocky Horror Picture Show in Sydney Australia 1974. Go to your desired information site and copy the link. The link to the site I want is http://www.reglivermore.com/musicals_rocky.html
  • STEP 2.Click on the chain as done in internal linking above. This time you want to paste the external site link the linking box.

Figure Step 1 (as per internal linking) and Step 2


  • STEP 3. Now you need to go back into the link and edit it.

Figure Step 3




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dorina62 Premium
Great info!Thanks for the training!
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HelenpDoyle Premium
Thanks Dorina. Anytime I can help you I will. Just ask.
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RoopeshG Premium Plus
Thank You very much for this Helen.
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HelenpDoyle Premium
You are welcome Roopesh.
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JewelCarol Premium
Awesome training, Helen, will bookmark, thank you! Have a wonderful weekend. :))
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HelenpDoyle Premium
You too jewel. Now back to wrestling with other things.

Do you know how to get technical support other than website? I am having trouble with JavaScript, cookies and dns. I expect it might be all related. As you might imagine this is very frustrating.

To start with I generally work in Chrome but often use Edge, Chrome and Firefox when working. I have checked all these search engines and my JavaScript and Cookies are enabled.

1. When I comment on a site via the notifications requesting comments or profile sites of people I follow and try to post the comment I get the attached message. At least one person that tried to comment on mine got the same message.

When I comment through the Comment Box in the Siterubix area the comment is accepted but doesn’t show up on the relevant site/s.

2. When I follow Amazons linking advice I get the attached message.
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JewelCarol Premium
Hey Helen, I am bad technically, maybe you can ask Marion, lol. My apologies! :))
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HelenpDoyle Premium
Jewel, I did put a question in a while ago but got no answers. I am doing the rounds at the moment. Nathaniell told me to flush my dns so I did. Just going in to check it out.
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HelenpDoyle Premium
It turned out it was all caused by Carson's fooling around fixing the spamming problem!
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JewelCarol Premium
Oh dear! lol. :))
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yha67 Premium
Thank you very much for sharing. I have used WP in my previous experience, but I can say your friend is right: if you have never used before, you miss part of the training.
I always want my links to open in a new tab, but I have discovered that when I update my WP, I lose this option! Do you know why? Thanks! Ciao!
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HelenpDoyle Premium
Laura, no I don't know why. Try asking the community. Generally you want your internal links NOT to open in a new tab as that isn't a problem. When you go outside your site to someone else's site eg Amazon you want it to be in a new tab so your visitors return to your site when they leave the external site.
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Loes Premium
Very much needed Helen, thank you, I will bookmark this to share:)

p.s. you could add a page for linking pictures to internal and external sites
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HelenpDoyle Premium
What Loes did you fall asleep at the computer last night!. Thank for your comment. I had to take a double look at linking now they have changed the format.
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Loes Premium
I have entered a p.s., and I have started my working day 2 hours ago at 6.00 hour :)
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