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GeekGazette
Subscriber
February 11th, 2009 at 10:50 am

I\’m using a text box in my form and have it selected as URL. I have Wordpress set to automatically link but It would be nice to be able to use tags on the link or to describe the link and have it go to a site.
Instead of it looking like this:

http://geekgazette.net

I would like to be able to do use anchoring text like this:

Check out GeekGazette in order to post about your tech blog.

Supposedly search engines rank these links higher if there are keywords in the anchor.

I\’m new to the forms so I could also use a critique. I have not done anything beyond dropping in form widgets.
Thanks for looking.

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Mark Cunningham
Administrator
February 17th, 2009 at 2:23 pm

There is an option in the Custom Field “Append Custom Field to Post Content” and if you then set the “Format to use” to something like:

<a href='%%VALUE%%'>This is a link</a>

Or do you need something more complicated?

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Mark Cunningham
Administrator
October 30th, 2009 at 10:05 am

Are you still having problems with this?

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David McCabe
Subscriber
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 pm

Yes, I still have something messed up in it.

%%VALUE%%

The link in the story looks good, but it’s hyperlink properties are, “Original Story Link,” which is the title. I see a Custom Field has been set with the post that has the correct hyperlink. Do I have them backwards?

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GeekGazette
Subscriber
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:09 pm

Yes, still an issue.

%%VALUE%%

This is how it is now. A user submits the form and puts a link in the custom field. The text shows the correct link, http://link.com, but the actual hyperlink is the title of the form. I swear I had this working at one time. Do I need to swap value and title?

Thanks for your help.

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GeekGazette
Subscriber
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:15 pm

Here is what I have in the custom form. My previous post didn’t show it correctly

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GeekGazette
Subscriber
November 3rd, 2009 at 8:16 pm

Here is what I have in the custom form. My previous post didn’t show it correctly

http://geekgazette.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/gg.JPG

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Text Link Forum
Subscriber
December 31st, 2009 at 12:54 pm

here is an option in the Custom Field “Append Custom Field to Post Content” and if you then set the “Format to use” to something like:
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Text Link Forum

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