Edit a button’s URL

  • Hello,

    There is a page of my website where we host all previous newsletters. At the top, a clickable button says ‘Sign up for our newsletter’.

    I need to edit the URL that the button points to, but I can’t find it in the dashboard.

    The image of the button is in the library and the newsletter page is under pages. Where in the dashboard is the URL information for the button?

    Thanks for your help! Someone else created the site and it’s my job to keep it going.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Another place to look would be theme’s pertinent template.

    What theme are you using?
    Where did you download it from?

    If you give a link to this page, we’ll have a reasonable chance to say a bit more.

    Hello,
    If you have not resolved this yet, could you provide a bit more information about the button, please?
    For example is it part of the header?
    Is it only in that page? (could it be an image with a link to the signup within the page.)
    Could it be a text widget?
    These are just some ideas so I can try and help.
    Is it possible for you to share the page url?
    Let me know,
    best regards
    Sol

    Thread Starter rooka1

    (@rooka1)

    Thanks for the speedy replies. Let me check with the owner of the site if it’s okay to share the URL publicly.

    It looks like the previous admin created a custom theme, but I’m not sure how it was created.

    The button does appear to be within the page’s header and offset to the right. It says
    ‘Newsletter Sign up’ and it’s only on the page that features our newsletter. I doubt it’s a text widget, as the image for the button is within our library.

    Of course, it can still be a text widget (with some <img src="" /> tag…)

    An url will help a lot rooka1.

    Text widgets allow you to hard code an image from the Media Library (select the image and it will give you the url), but there is an Image widget for that now!

    S.

    Thread Starter rooka1

    (@rooka1)

    Ah, okay. I didn’t know that.

    Still on standby for whether or not I can post the URL. It’s just an accounting website, but I want to get permission first.

    Let’s say it’s a text widget hard coded from the media library. Can I enter the media library to adjust where the button points to? I can find the image in there with it’s own URL (uploads/2016/sign-up-button.png)but I don’t see the URL it points to.

    (Currently, it points to our old Constant Contact sign-up sheet and I want it to redirect to the new one).

    Thank you,

    Can I enter the media library to adjust where the button points to? I can find the image in there with it’s own URL

    No, you can’t. The media library just keeps the image itself.
    A linked image is formed in the html, like this:
    <a href="https://www.example.com/"><img src="https://myweb.com/some-image.jpg" alt="some image" />And this text after the image is linked, too.</a>

    Thread Starter rooka1

    (@rooka1)

    I see how that works.

    I clicked every tab in the dashboard, but no luck. I can’t find the URL that the button points to. Maybe I haven’t been given full admin rights.

    If it’s a widget and you don’t have admin access, then you may not be able to touch it.
    Even more so, should it be part of the theme itself.

    Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    previous admin created a custom theme

    – It will be much simpler, easier and faster to ask the developer of the theme if you are having difficulty fixing.

    – These forums are for free themes/plugins available in the WordPress theme directory at https://www.ads-software.com/themes/ and WordPress plugins directory at https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/. Forum volunteers are not given access to commercial/custom products

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    – As the author is aware, commercial products are not supported in these forums. As you are their customer I am sure they will have no problem supporting you there. It also allows the developers to be aware of issues with their code.

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