.com.au link doesn't work but should

Hi there,

While writing a page on saving money on books, I used an Australian URL:

www.bookswapaustralia.com.au

I wanted to use it in html with <a href> (and http://) but the editor wouldn't let me. So for now it's in the text itself:

http://wizzley.com/how-to-save-money-on-books-at-bookstores-online-and-elsewhere/

The link is perfectly ok, and it should work. Maybe there's a glitch somewhere.

The link works fine, Mira.  http://bookswapaustralia.com.au  or: Swap    See?  

Hi again, and thank you TheWritersDog and Chef for posting.

Yes, the link works. My problem is with the text editor. It wouldn't accept the link as valid.

Here's what I did on the page initially. I'm showing the html as text here. Maybe you could copy-paste it in a new page to see if it works:

<a href="http://bookswapaustralia.com.au" target="_blank">Book Swap Australia</a>

(Of course, when I wrote the page I put the html code in the html section of the text editor.)

When I was done with that text module and clicked save, I got an error message saying the link was not valid -- or something (can't remember exactly, but that was the idea).

I fixed it for you. You don't need the html editor for this. Simply highlight your word(s) in the regular text editor, click on the link tool in the editor's tool bar and enter your URL in the pop-up box. Click INSERT, then save.

Thank you, Chef. I did it with HTML out of habit. HTML is still good when you want to make it open in a new tab. But yes, it works now, even after adding that code. Thank you!!

External links open anyway in a new window. Only links to internal pages open in the same window.

Do you mean tab? I tried it then without target="_blank" and it opened in the same tab. So then I added target="_blank" and posted here.

I tried it again just now without this extra bit, i.e. with just the link, and it opened in the same tab. (So I added target="_blank" again :)

I don't understand. My links to external sites all open a new tab.

Maybe it's a setting in your browser?

Hm, THAT I don't know :)

P.S. I checked under Options - Tabs in Firefox and there's nothing about what happens here. By the way, I get the same thing with the article modules on Wizzley pages: they open in the same tab. It's not a problem for me because I right-click and choose Open link in new tab, but by default they open in the same tab.

I wonder if anybody else is experiencing this.