Trouble adding HTML code to sidebar text widget

  • Hi.

    I have tried adding banner ads in HTML code in a sidebar text widget, but keep getting the following error after i try to save the changes to the sidebar.

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    Bad Request
    Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
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    I know this can work, because I have managed to do it before. I’ve tried changing the theme, but still no luck.

    Any ideas on what could be causing this error, or where I can start looking, would be greatly appreciated.

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  • Can’t help without seeing your code.

    Thread Starter Bardin Ellis

    (@bardin)

    the code i want to insert would be something like this:

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    a href=”https://za.offerforge.com/z/14307/ZA4819/”><img src=”https://za.offerforge.com/42/4819/14307/&#8221; alt=”Uzzi” border=”0″></a
    ===================
    (with the < & > brackets at the start and end)

    I am able to insert this code into any post, but not in a sidebar text widget. It’s just plain html with an image as the link

    Any ideas?

    I think the problem is that you’re using a “sidebar text widget” that may not render HTML. It may read in your code as pure text which makes sense that you can add the code into a post which does render HTML code but not in this text widget which must not. Why not just hard code it directly into the sidebar? Or use an ad manager widget?

    Thread Starter Bardin Ellis

    (@bardin)

    I think it’s a good idea to code it into the sidebar.

    Thanks for your help.

    Yeah I’m facing the same issue.
    I even tried the HTML Javascript Adder widget, but that doesn’t work too! I had used this plugin before to save HTML!
    I also tried different browsers: IE, Moz & Chrome are all dumb to that request!
    I too will settle with coding into the sidebar, but at the cost of violating WP design principles!

    Regards,
    Prasad

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