Inserting a link in an element

You can insert links into elements containing an HTML or rich text field using the Insert Link button.

  1. Click

  2. To add a link to a URL, either type or paste the URL in the Type a URL field.

    The inserted URL is rendered relative to the URL of the site area of the currently rendered content item. Internet protocols (such as Http://) should be added at the beginning of the inserted link if an absolute URL is intended to be rendered.

  3. To add a link to web content, an image component, a file component or an existing link component, click Browse Content click Browse content.

    1. Select the library the item is stored in.

    2. Select the item to link to.

    3. Click OK

  4. To add a link to a document in the current place, click Browse Libraries.

    1. Select the library the document is stored in.

    2. Select the document to link to.

    3. Click OK

  5. Select a link display type:

      Text

        You select this to display the link as text.

        • Use name of linked item: You select this to use the title of the item being linked to as the link text.

        • Link text: Enter the text to use as the link text. To enter text unselect Use name of linked item.

      Image Component

        You select this to display the link as an image. Click Select Image to select an image component to use as the link image.

  6. Enter a description of the link by selecting either:

      Use description of linked item

        You select this to use the description of the item being linked to as the link description.

      Enter description

        You select this to enter the text to use as the link description. To enter a description unselect Use description of linked item.

  7. Enter an optional query string. You can use a query string entered here as a search parameter in a menu element. For example, you could enter this query string: myquery=shoes You can then specify "myquery" as a search parameter in a menu element.

  8. Select a link target:

      Name

        You select this to specify the name of the link target.

      New Window

        You select this to open the link in a new browser window.

      None

        Select this to specify no link target.

      Parent

        You select this to open the link in the parent frameset of the frame the link appears in, replacing the entire frameset.

      Self

        You select this to open the link in the current frame, replacing the content in that frame.

      Top

        You select this to open the link in the current browser window, replacing all frames.

  9. Click OK.


Work with element designs

Related

Page layout

Enter the HTML for the presentation template

Entering HTML

Defining authoring tools

Defining menu element formatting options

Defining navigator element design options

Defining a page navigator

Defining a Personalization rule

Use the rich text element

Create a search results design

Defining taxonomy component properties

Define component designs for different users

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