Problem with file attachment URLs

  • thesacredpath · Member ·

    Ok, let’s try this from the beginning.

    With non-image files:

    1. select the text in the post or page that you want to use as the link
    2. upload the file
    3. BEFORE clicking the “insert into post/page” button, click on the “file URL” button
    4. Now click on the “insert into post/page” button

    The text you had highlighted should now be linked to the .doc file that you uploaded. WordPress will remember your last settings so unless you change it, the “file URL” selection will be remembered on subsequent uploads.

  • hillelstoler · Member ·

    @bigpblog
    That’s because you are using Media >> Library from the dashboard right?
    Try editing an existing post and selecting the Add Media icon and then getting to your global media library from there…

  • bigpblog · Member ·

    Righto – sorted now, thanks!

    Still don’t understand why these links should have stopped working though; they were OK earlier in the week …

  • thesacredpath · Member ·

    I think wordpress may have been doing some tinkering in the background that caused the issue. I’ve gotten three emails from friends that have experienced the same thing over the past hour or so. The links were working – had been for months – and today they were not. As with you, they had to go back in and fix them.

  • fernwoodnews · Member ·

    I had a message saying this may log you out in 47 hours on the dashboard

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