howardbandy

I had a similar issue. Associating links to images worked as I expected. When I highlighted text with a block of text created using Elementor, I could assign a link, but I could not specify that it should be opened in a separate window.

The workaround, completely within Elementor, is as follows:
Add several spaces in the sentence that receive the text with link.
Save the page you are working on.
Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets.
Open an unused area that will accept widgets — say a footer.
Drag the Elementor text widget to the footer and drop it.
In the new text section, type the text that will be associated with the link.
Select that text and click the Insert/edit Link icon.
Paste or type the url.
Click the Link Options icon.
Check Open link in a new tab.
Update.
Save.
Select the text with associated url, and copy.
Return to the previous page with the text needing the link.
Place the cursor in a space between words that have no special formatting, and paste.
Delete the characters surrounding the desired text with link.
Save.

Greetings —

I am using WP 3.2.1 (hosted by 1and1) and WP-DBManager 2.63. The messages tell me the installation and activation was done correctly. But when I use the Backup DB menu and click Backup, I get these messages. It appears that the backup did not take place. What do I need to change?

Thanks,
Howard

Warning: filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /homepages/39/d119956353/htdocs/Blue Owl Press/WordPress/wp-content/backup-db/1321347627_-_db377642990.sql in /homepages/39/d119956353/htdocs/Blue Owl Press/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager/database-backup.php on line 70

Warning: unlink(/homepages/39/d119956353/htdocs/Blue Owl Press/WordPress/wp-content/backup-db/1321347627_-_db377642990.sql) [function.unlink]: No such file or directory in /homepages/39/d119956353/htdocs/Blue Owl Press/WordPress/wp-content/plugins/wp-dbmanager/database-backup.php on line 71

Backup Database

Database Failed To Backup On ‘November 15, 2011 @ 9:00 AM’. Backup File Size Is 0KB.
Checking Backup Status

Checking Backup Folder (/homepages/39/d119956353/htdocs/Blue Owl Press/WordPress/wp-content/backup-db) …
Backup folder exists
Backup folder is writable

Checking MYSQL Dump Path (/usr/bin/mysqldump) …
MYSQL dump path exists.

Checking MYSQL Path (/usr/bin/mysql) …
MYSQL path exists.

Checking PHP Functions (passthru(), system() and exec()) …
passthru() enabled.
system() enabled.
exec() enabled.

Excellent. You Are Good To Go.