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Creating and Managing Links in Content

You can use the Link icons to create a link to pages in your site, external URLs, email addresses and other destinations. The relevant buttons to this are shown below, as well as the icon for removing a hyperlink.

You can create both a Link to Library as well as link to a certain place on a page or number of external types of content.

In general, if you have existing links and want to change them, it's best to remove the old link first before adding the new one to ensure that all the HTML link code is removed.

Link Types

Link Icon	Function	Description
	Link to Library	Links to: A Page, File, or Image in the library A Commerce Product An external URL.
	Insert Link	Links to a: Window – new, same, parent, or browser Pane – search or media Custom target Anchor An Email Address
	Unlink	Removes an existing hyperlink.

Creating Link to a Library Item

To create a link to an item in the library, follow these steps:

1. Select (highlight) the text that you want to link to an item in the library, or an external URL.
2. Click the Link to Library icon in the editor toolbar.
   The Link to Library dialog appears.

3. Click the radio button beside the target type (page, file, image, Commerce product or external URL) to link from the highlighted text.
4. Click the Browse icon to select the page, file, or image to which to link, or specify the external URL.
5. Select the type of window (current, new, modal or pop-up) in which you want to display the linked item.
6. Optionally, if you selected pop-up, click the Properties link to specify Height and Width of the pop-up window, and click the checkbox beside any of the Show options to display. Click Close.

7. Click the Create Link button.

Creating Links to a Window, Custom Target, Anchor, or Email

To create a link within the text to a window, custom target, anchor, or email, the steps are slightly different. For both:

1. Select (highlight) the text that you want to link to an item in the library, or external URL.
2. Click the Insert Link icon in the editor toolbar.
3. Follow the directions for the Editor type your installation is using.

Rad (Telerik) Editor Hyperlink Manager

The Hyperlink Manager dialog appears. It has a hyperlink, anchor and email tabs as seen below.

 

Specify the link target as described in the following table:

Link Targets

Tab	Field	Description
Hyperlink	URL	Enter the URL of a website to use as the target of this link.
	Document Manager Icon	Click the document icon to select a document to use as the target of this link.
	Link Text
	Target	Click the arrow in the pick list to select the type of window in which to display the target or to specify a custom target in which to display the target.
	Existing Anchor	Select an anchor to use as target of link. (Create anchors using the Anchor Icon/Link along with the Anchor tab.)
	Tooltip	Text to appear when users hover over the link
	CSS Class	A CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) that creates formatting for the content.
Anchor	Name	Specify an anchor to use as link target on the page.
E-mail	Address	Specify an email address to which to send an email as link target.
	Link Text	Text for link that appears in body of email that email recipient clicks to access link target.
	Subject	Text of email subject line.
	CSS Class	A CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) that creates formatting for the content.

Click the “OK” button to save and create your hyperlink.

 

CK Link Editor

The tabs for the Link Manager for the CK Editor are slightly different. Enter information in the fields in accordance with the description in the table below the tab images.

 

Link Targets

Tab	Field	Description
Link Info	Link Type	URL, etc.
	Protocol	Click the document icon to select a document to use as the target of this link.
	URL	Enter the URL of a website to use as the target of this link.
Target	Target	Click the arrow in the pick list to select the type of window in which to display the target or to specify a custom target in which to display the target.
Advanced		Ignore this tab

 

Hit OK when you are finished adding information. Be sure to save the changes in your content as a whole before closing the text editor.