WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-connect-a-link-to-let-the-reader-contact-me-my-yahoocom-address WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address? en Wed, 22 May 2013 07:07:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 absurdoldbird on "How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-connect-a-link-to-let-the-reader-contact-me-my-yahoocom-address#post-1141984 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:50:28 +0000 absurdoldbird 1141984@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @sonnyblog1 You've just formatted the link wrongly, and I can't show it to you here as a email link, I'm afraid, as the WordPress.com forums redact any email addresses.

However, it's actually not a very good idea to put an email address in a public blog as you'll just attract a huge amount of spam. What you could do instead is use a Contact form. See this:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact-form/

]]> handmadebytracie on "How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-connect-a-link-to-let-the-reader-contact-me-my-yahoocom-address#post-1141979 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:46:42 +0000 handmadebytracie 1141979@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sorry, I can't seem to post without the tags being auto-converted to code.

You need to use "mailto" code instead of a URL. Here is a link that will show you:
http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/html_email_code.cfm

]]> handmadebytracie on "How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-connect-a-link-to-let-the-reader-contact-me-my-yahoocom-address#post-1141973 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:44:10 +0000 handmadebytracie 1141973@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Let's try again as it looks like the code got messed up on that:

Hello. It looks like you are using html code directing people to a URL instead of an e-mail address.

you are using: <a href="http://website.com">email address here</a>

instead of: <a href="mailto:email address here">email address here</a>

I hope this helps to fix your problem. If you run into any further issues you can do searches on google for basic html code on your specific issue and there are numerous resources out there!

]]> handmadebytracie on "How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-connect-a-link-to-let-the-reader-contact-me-my-yahoocom-address#post-1141968 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:39:32 +0000 handmadebytracie 1141968@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hello. It looks like you are using html code directing people to a URL instead of an e-mail address.

you are using: [email redacted]

instead of: [email redacted]

I hope this helps to fix your problem. If you run into any further issues you can do searches on google for basic html code on your specific issue and there are numerous resources out there!

]]> sonnyblog1 on "How can I connect a link to let the reader contact me @ my Yahoo.com address?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-connect-a-link-to-let-the-reader-contact-me-my-yahoocom-address#post-1141832 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:57:30 +0000 sonnyblog1 1141832@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ How can I connect a link so reader can contact me? All my links work except one. I inserted my Yahoo email name into my Blog and have asked my readers for comments and questions. I can't get my http:// address to accept it...it keeps taking me to "There seems to be a problem with Outlook." (?) Thank you for any and all advice...Frustrated. :)

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