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1. ag1024
   Member
   Jan 9, 2007, 1:22 AM

   I just realised that many of the links in my blog posts are not working!

   Instead of linking to the website I though I linked to, they link back to my own blog, and the following text shows up:

   Doh!
   Something has gone wrong, the page you're looking for can't be found.
   (...)

   I have inserted the links with the link tool in edit mode (of course), sometimes in visual, but typically code mode. I have of courses checked the link addresses, and they are correct (would be surprising if they weren't, as they are inserted using copy-paste).

   I have also tried re-inserting some of them several times, but it did not make any difference.

   Examples: in this post: the first link "Koomurri", or "gruppens hjemmeside" (a bit down),

   or this post:
   almost all the way to the bottom; "Magpie sæson" and "meget hidsig", just above the picture of a Magpie (black-white crazy bird).

   I have not checked on all links in my blog yet but have the feeling most of them have this problem, as most I checked now have it.

   Why do this problem occur??

2. drmike
   Member
   Jan 9, 2007, 1:35 AM

   You're forgetting the 'http://' bit in the URL. It has to be in there.

   For example:

   http://drmike.wordpress.com

   without the 'http://', your browser thinks the link belongs to your site.

   Hope this helps,
   -drmike

3. raincoaster
   Member
   Jan 9, 2007, 1:49 AM

   Also, there was a period last night where, if you just pasted the URL in without deleting the "http://" that was already there, it gave your URL two, like this: "http://http://raincoaster.com" which didn't work at all. I think it's been fixed now.

4. ag1024
   Member
   Jan 12, 2007, 1:34 AM

   No, it was over a long period (most older posts).

   But the problem is solved now!

   I copy-pasted links in using the link tool in code mode and for whatever reason there are no http:// in many of the addresses, instead there is www!

   Plus, if there are both http:// and www in the adress it does not work either.

   So the way to go is to go through all the link code and remove www and insert http:// manually where it is missing...

   Now it seems to work.

5. ag1024
   Member
   Jan 12, 2007, 1:39 AM

   Thank you dr mike I did not see your post before answering...

   Yes that was it.

6. drmike
   Member
   Jan 12, 2007, 1:39 AM

   Not a problem. I'm just glad we got it worked out for you. :)

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