Links and How to Use Them

External

1. Highlight your link text.
2. Click the chain icon.
3. Ensure the external page is functioning by navigating to it.
4. Copy the URL.
5. Paste the URL into the URL field.
6. Click Save.

Internal

1. Highlight your link text.
2. Click the chain icon.
3. Click the button to the right of the URL field.
4. Find and select the file to which you are linking.
5. Click Insert.
6. Click Save.

Mailto Links

1. Highlight your link text.
2. Click the envelope icon.
3. Type in email address. (e.g. webcontent@augusta.edu)
4. Fill out subject if desired. (e.g. Web Training Questions)
5. Click OK.

Documents

1. Highlight your link text.
2. Click the chain icon.
3. Click the button to the right of the URL field.
4. Click the documents folder.
5. Find and select the document file to which you are linking. If the file isn't there, upload it to the documents folder.
6. Click Insert.
7. Click Save.

A Note on Box Links

If you are linking to a document via your site's designated Box folder, follow the External link steps.

Using Box files makes updating document versions easy, conserves server space, and allows for various sharing settings.

Menu Links

Links that are in the navigation menu are edited using the _nav.inc file.

1. Check out the _nav.inc file. Typically, this file controls the menu on every page in the current directory.
2. Only add bullet points with linked text: Parent points are either linked with internal/external/PDF links or the # to create subpoints.
3. Use enter and tab to create new bullet points. Highlight your link text and follow steps for linking text.
4. Click Insert.
5. Click Save.
6. Publish the _nav.inc file to make the changes live.

Anchors

Anchor links allow you to control where a user lands on a page after they click. For example, we have used page anchors to allow you to jump from each snippet tile link to its tutorial.

Create an Anchor

1. To create an anchor, put the cursor in front of the area you want to link to, and click the anchor shaped icon in the top toolbar.
2. In the pop-up box, type a name for the anchor. This should ideally be one word, and follow standard naming conventions. Anchor names should not be duplicated - each anchor should have a different name.
3. Once the anchor is named, click "OK". A small anchor symbol will appear in edit mode. This symbol will disappear once the page is saved and published.

Link to an Anchor

1. To link to an anchor, highlight the text you want the user to click on to jump to your anchor point.
2. Then, type a number sign (#) and the anchor name in the URL bar (if on the same page) or after the URL (if on a different page).
3. Click Save. Then, Save and Publish the page.