I need to publish an image (whatever) with a link embedded into it —and with a link text associated with that embedded link. I need to do that because I am testing a WordPress plugin that automatically adds hyperlinks to the texts we have posted on this blog.
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To explain you a little bit, please first spot Tom Bell’s post, as seen from within the WordPress system. You’ll spot that Prof Tom has not inserted any link into the “InTrade” trademark. (You’ll see an underlined red-wave line, but that’s not a link. That’s a spelling corrector marking.)
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And, now, surprise, surprise, on the actual published post, you see that the plugin has automatically inserted the link into “InTrade”.
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You might think that I’m just playing with a pointless new toy, here… Think again. Many people in the field of prediction markets are currently thinking about using this kind of technology to mash together news stories and prediction market data (chart links or prices/probabilities).
Anyway.
The purpose of this present test is to see whether the WordPress plugin interferes with link texts. [And the ultimate goal is to investigate whether deep links to prediction markets and market-generated probabilities could be inserted automatically into stories.]
- The test is a success if, below, you see the BetFair / InTrade image, only. [Put your mouse cursor 2 seconds on that image, and you should see the link and the link test. The link is to the BetFair site and the link text is "InTrade". (Yes, I know, it is twisted, but that's the purpose of this test. To see whether the plugin adds a link under the "InTrade" labelling of the image.)]
- The test is a failure if, just below the image, there is an additional, messy line, mixing text and link(s), in a way I didn’t intend.
- 3… 2… 1… PUBLISH!!!!
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UPDATE: Success. On a related note, see above that the WordPress plugin has automatically inserted links into BetFair and InTrade —but not when I wrote these two words surrounded with quotes, like this: “InTrade” and “BetFair”. Logical.
UPDATE #2: The hyperlinks are also visible when the post is read from within a web-based or PC-based feed reader. Pleasant surprise. Had I bet, I would have bet against it. I’m so pleasantly surprised. Now, I’m going to test a competitive plugin…
UPDATE #3. The competitive plugin I have tested on the other blog is a lemon. So I keep “Cross Linker”, for now.
