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If I comment out standard text <!-- hide this text --> it works fine. But if I comment out a link 

<!-- <a href="http://www.andrewruis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/EatingtoLearnLearningtoEat.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a> (pdf) -->

everything below it disappears! I can comment out the text inside the link and that will work. Any ideas on how to fix this? This is the page I've been playing with, but it happens on both pages and posts, with and without passwords: http://www.andrewruis.com/publication/

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I don't think example link relevant anymore? Have you tried some browser tool like Firebug to see what is going on? – Rarst♦ Oct 14 '12 at 20:34

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I trust you are editing in a PHP file? If so try this:

<?php/*
    <a href="...." target="_blank">Download</a> (pdf)
*/?>

The PHP comment should remove it from the DOM as well, therefore will only be visible to the direct editor of the file i.e. you.

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nope, this is in the HTML area of a WordPress page. Tried the code above but the /?> was visible on the page (though the <?php/ wasn't). – ERM Oct 5 '12 at 18:11
Bear in mind it should be <?php /* and */?>. Remember to include the asterix each time (*). – carmat Oct 6 '12 at 21:54
Yep, that's what I have and this is how it looks on the front-end: Download (pdf) */?> – ERM Oct 8 '12 at 16:25

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