hyperlinks don't work in omeka 2.0

I can't seem to add an item that is a hyperlink (item type)- the hyperlink shows but it is not linked...I am using Omeka 2.0

It is a little odd that, by default, all metadata entered is stored as text. There is no special handling for things that seem like they should be a link, like a URL in this case. Easiest thing to do is to tick the "Use HTML" box and use the HTML editor to make the url a link

Yes we tried that and it still did not work.

huh. are a tags or href attributes being filtered out under the Settings->Security options?

Under Allowed are "*.style,*.class,a.href,a.title,a.target"

Ok- I will admit I am a history faculty not a computer whiz but I would expect to be able to A. make a link- by clearly and easily copying the link- i.e. http://pauldorpat.com/seattle-now-then-archive/2008-12-21-lake-union-from-ford-plant/"- or now I understand perhaps adding something like -
But this still does not work- and as it takes so long to get answers- meanwhile my course is getting to the deadline- is there a way to get more immediate assistance and clearer for those of us who are not programmers- I thought OMEKA was meant to be used by faculty outside of computer science.

Simply copying the link won't work, but if you click the "Use HTML" box, as Patrick suggested, you should see a toolbar appear at the top of the input box.

If you highlight the text of your URL, click the button that looks like a chain linkage, you should get a dialogue box that will allow you to paste in the URL and make the link.

This WYSWYG toolbar is a standard feature of many web-service software, such as WordPress and Blogger.

See also, http://omeka.org/codex/Using_HTML_Editor-TinyMCE in the documentation

Thank you- it was the " If you highlight the text of your URL, click the button that looks like a chain linkage, you should get a dialogue box that will allow you to paste in the URL and make the link" that was missing in my knowledge base- for all the work we were doing that link button was greyed out- until we highlighted- seems stupid but without knowing the standard... thank you