image: href is still missing

Hi Irene,

Thanks for using Author!

The Author theme will output whatever content is in the editor exactly as it’s written. If you need to link an image so that it is clickable, you can click on the image and then click this button to add a URL: https://screenshot.competethemes.com/xQuW8ge4

Thanks Ben!

All the themes I’ve used or using to upload an image, all allow me to insert them into posts/pages without doing any additional step to be clickable. So I’m confused why theme Author requires an additional step?? Not sure the link you provided is for? Sorry …

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by ireneeng.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by ireneeng.

Well, I did some digging and it looks like WordPress removed this feature and it has a lot of people frustrated. You used to be able to set a default so new images would automatically be linked to their media file, but for now, this isn’t an option. I hope they add it back soon.

For now, the solution is to click on the image in the editor, and then use the link button above the image to link it to its media file: screenshot

Thank you Ben!

Spending better part of the day digging, and grilling my web provider, it’s WP… which I haven’t contacted. But discovered that this Author theme is retired. Is this true?

No lol! Author is not retired and is completely unrelated to this issue.

WordPress launched a new editor (Gutenberg) in 2018, and they pulled out some features like the ability to set a default link for images. It’s a pain, but they’ll add it back in at some point. For now, the images need to be linked manually.

Oh Ben sorry for spreading the rumor (double check: it’s Sundance) … my mind is gong, as I’m trying to get a suitable theme for my little site. Would you pls give a shoutout when the href is added back on?

Is it possible to narrow the left panel/bar of the theme? I’d rather give the main area more space …

Thank you Ben.
Stay strong and be well

No problem, sorry if I came across harsh in my last comment.

I can post here when they reinclude this feature in WordPress.

Please try this code to make the main content area wider:

#main {
  padding-left: 5.55%;
  padding-right: 5.55%;
}

You can copy & paste the code above into the “Additional CSS” section in the Customizer (Appearance > Customize), and it will take effect right away.

Thanks Ben!

No worry about ‘harshness’, not detected anyway -:)

Will try the codes but the most pressing matter is, over the past two days, I tried a few more themes … AND all of them now missing the ‘href’ … i.e. Sundance is working just fine on my other site SkigMedia.com. When I switched to Sundance on IreneEng.com (this is the site I first used Author), the href gone missing. Tried theme Kelly, href is gone missing … my provider DreamHost seems not able to fix this (one even offered to fix one for me as courtesy)

Has this happened to anyone??

Thank you for your help Ben!

• This reply was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by ireneeng.

Yea I’m afraid this is going to be the case for every you theme you use now. This option to link the images has been removed from WordPress itself which is why it’s no longer available.

While automatically linking the images isn’t possible at the moment, you can still manually link the images to their media files. Here’s a quick demo: https://screenshot.competethemes.com/X6uOPGeO

If you do that, your images should work with the lightbox plugin you’re using.

Thank you so MUCH Ben.

Regarding the missing href: my provider is trying to help … will update once I get it.

Not sure I need to make a new post for the following:

1. I enlarged the right side area following your note – early and painless. Thank you so much! image – about width: why different browser (top Chrome bottom Safari) shows the width of the left bar differently? Is there a way to narrow the left bar? I prefer the Chrome image.
2. Where is the search box on the site?
3. Chinese characters: Ok, this is a bit too much to ask … but I really prefer the font this theme uses on this site. This is what Author theme shows.

Thank you Ben!

Sure thing!

I flipped back and forth between Chrome and Safari and the sidebar width is the same for me. Are you sure the screen dimensions are the same when you view the site with Safari?

Also, if you have a caching plugin installed, try to clear your site’s cache. The difference might be due to the fact that you’re logged in with one browser and not the other. You could be seeing a cached (old) version of the site when logged out and the new version of the site when logged in.

The search bar you see on the Author demo site comes from a widget. If you visit the Appearance > Widgets menu, you can add a search widget to the Primary Sidebar widget area there.

Changing the font is a bit more advanced, but there are a couple of good options. First, you could upgrade to Author Pro which includes custom fonts and many other new customization features. Alternatively, I have a Youtube tutorial you can follow that uses a plugin to change fonts throughout the site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CZCfFl59iE

Dear Ben and all,

My IP finally fixed the problem and gave me the code (?) … hope this helps

Pro Services
team was able to address the issue with the target link destination for
media files. For your website, they used the following code in the theme
(functions.php file):

function modifyLinkDestinationDefault(settings, name) { ?if (name !==
“core/image”) { ???return settings; ?}
?settings.attributes.linkDestination.default = “media”;
?return settings; }
wp.hooks.addFilter( ?“blocks.registerBlockType”,
“my-plugin/modify-linkDestination-default”, ?modifyLinkDestinationDefault
);

Stay strong and be well. Again, thank you Ben. Here is my little site that I’m very happy with your theme -:) IreneEng.com

Thanks for sharing, Irene! That’s an elegant solution to the issue.

Hello! Don’t use your theme but have same problem with images and no link by default. Hate WP for this, make more convenient editor and throw out such a important feature.. No ideas how to fix it? 2 years passed, this is not fixed by WP

https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/46390
https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/10173