First of all, thank you for adding the fontawesome plugin! Great, I love it! :D

Inserting fontawesome icons works fine. However, there is a problem with adding links to those icons.
Unfortunately, adding a link is not possible in the "editor view" of JCE.
You can set a link in the "code view" and it will remain when you save - but only if the article is saved from the "code view".
If you switch to the editor view and click save, JCE removes the link from the icon.

It looks like the code is being cleaned up and <a> tags are not allowed on <span> tags.
Is there a setting somewhere that prevents this?

Hi Ryan.

In the latest update JCE Pro 2.9.71 you changed the implementation of fontawesome? The icons now appear in a <span>-Tag.

However, it still is not possible to put a link on that. The <a>-Tag automatically is removed from <span> on Save.

I'm sorry if I missed something, but is there a way to fix it?

Yes, in the code tab it is possible to set a link on the <span>-tag. As soon as you switch to Editor tab and click Save, the link is removed.

uhm.. in that case, the <span>-tag is removed and the <a>-tag remains there with an &nspb; in between. In the editor-tab it's a bit difficult to select the fontawesome icon in order to put a link on it.