posts appearing as hot link

Appearing as a link where?

In the post. As though its an extension of the permalink. I checked…the permalink is closed off properly…thought it might be a theme issue, but upon changing themes, it still happens…looks to be some div tags not closed, but I didn’t get that deep into debugging the code, so I can’t say that for sure

Can you give me the url of a page that demonstrates the problem?

Sure.

https://mikesblogmarketingtips.michaeldroberson.com

You’ll see that the text above the image appears as a hotlink.
It does that with all my new posts, image or no image

Could it be a plugin issue?…Just stabbing in the dark, as it were

Perhaps I’m missing something here but that “hotlink” is the post title and is the standard link to the single page display for that particular post. However, if you want to remove it, edit index.php and look for:

<h2 class="PostHeaderIcon-wrapper">
<span class="PostHeader">
<a title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title();?" rel="bookmark" href="<?php the_permalink();?>"><?php the_title();?></a>
</span>
</h2>

Amend this to:

<h2 class="PostHeaderIcon-wrapper"><span class="PostHeader"><?php the_title();?></span></h2>

Forgive me if I’m not explaining this properly and I mean no disrespect.

But,

I do want the post title to be a permalink.

I don’t want the entire post content to appear to be one huge hotlink.

Am I making any sense?

What browser are you using. I’ve checked in Firefox 3, IE8 and IE7 but I can’t see any links on the entire post content (though you do have some javascript errors in IE7).

Firefox 3.

I’m still a newbie when it comes to WordPress and PHP, so let me see if I can explain this another way.

Using Firefox 3, I viewed my blog source code and like you said, my post title permalink is closed, as seen here:

<div class=”Post”>
<div class=”Post-body”>
<div class=”Post-inner article”>
<h2 class=”PostHeaderIcon-wrapper”>
<span class=”PostHeader”>
Bloggers Unite Day</span>
</h2>

Now, with that hyperlink being closed properly, what might cause the blog content to appear in blue and underlined in Firefox 3 (but not in IE7)?

Perhaps I should reinstall Firefox 3?

Bummer. It’s not showing the code.

Anyways, I checked the HTML by viewing the source code thru Firefox 3 and I’ve viewed my blog thru IE7…my blog’s content appears blue and underlined in Firefox, but not in IE7…..suggestions?

Not showing up blue and underlined in Opera either….browser issue, methinks

Ok….checked in IE7, Opera and Avant….Looking good

Firefox 3…not so good

Thanks for reminding me to check the small stuff first… ??

and thanks for putting up with a newbie

No problem. I’ve found that another pair of eye often helps even the most experienced developer. Sounds like your “links” are down to a config issue in Firefox.

I do have another question for you, if you don’t mind.

Are those javascript errors something I should attend to?

If so, could you point me in the direction where I might be able to learn to do so?

I am under the impression that the SERPS don’t read javascript or flash

Serps do read both i think…

Flash with the recent update in google