Adding Hyperlinks to Content
You can create links to internal pages, documents, images, bookmarks, emails, or external sites. Follow these instructions to create a link.
Create a Link
- Highlight the text that you want to use to create the link
- Click on the Insert/edit link
icon. The Insert/edit link dialog will pop up - Click Choose File, Page or Link and navigate to an item in our system OR click the External checkbox and type the URL of the page you wish to link to
- Click Ok
Create an Email Link
- Highlight the text that will be the link
- Click on the Insert/edit link
- Click External checkbox
- In the Link box type mailto: followed by the email address you want to link to
Example: mailto:johndoe@fhsu.edu - Click Ok
Create a Anchor
A link can be created that will direct the user to a certain paragraph within a page. This is useful for FAQ’s, or other pages that contain a lot of content.
- Select the part of the page where you want the user to be directed. Usually this would be the title of the paragraph you are linking to
- Click on the Anchor
icon - The anchor dialog pops up. Fill in the Id and click Ok. (Note: the Id is case-sensitive.)
- This will create a anchor that can be linked to
- To link to the anchor, follow the instructions in linking above, but use the Anchor area of the dialog box
- Type the Id of your anchor from Step 3
- Click Ok
Things to Avoid
When creating a link avoid using text such as “click here” or “learn more,” as these phrases don’t do an adequate job of describing to the user where a link may be taking them. Instead, try and use meaningful language so that allows people to easily understand where a specific link may be taking.
