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Why are my resource box links not working? -- Sep 4 2008, 5:46 PM

Are you articles getting published with hyperlinks that don't point to your site? Please check for these common errors before contacting us:

Almost always the problem is an error in the construction of your hyperlink in your resource box. The correct structure is:

<a href='http://xxx.com'>anchor text</a>

Check that all your links have both the opening and closing quote marks. These quotes can be single - ' - or double - " - as long as they are both of the same type.

Check that you have included the http://

Check that your domain name is correct. Sometimes when you do a search and replace in Step 3 you can inadvertently break your domain name. For example, if you did a search and replace of 'ton' to 'load' in this example, the result would be a broken link:

there is a ton of info at <a href='http://are-you-tone-deaf.com'>anchor text</a>

becomes:

there is a load of info at <a href='http://are-you-loade-deaf.com'>anchor text</a>

Check that you have included the closing </a>

Check that there is no space between the two characters: <a

Have a look at the source code of the page on which you found your article with broken links. Usually you will see your hyperlink in there, just not properly formatted. Not that most systems, such as wordpress etc, will try to correct errors, so what you see on the site might not match what you have actually put into your article.

Of all the complaints we have received from people saying their hyperlinks have been broken or the destination site has replaced their hyperlink with another one, we have only ever had one instance where that was actually the case.