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Add Links

concrete5 helps you avoid broken links by giving you powerful link management tools.

 

Add a text content block

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Put your page into edit mode and click the "add to" for the area you want to add text to. Select the "Content" block type from the overlay.

A rich text editor will load for you to start entering text.

 

Add your content

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Enter your text! You can format it with the toolbar options above the text area. If you have text that's already formatted with HTML, you can click the "HTML" button on the toolbar to paste directly in the source.

Adding an external link

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To add a link to a page that's not on your site, just highlight the text you want to turn into a link and click the link button.

 

Add your link details

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Link URL = Address of the site you want to link to. Make sure you include http:// at the beginning.

Target = determines whether the link will open in the same window or in a new one.

Title = the alt text visitors will see when they mouse over the link.

When you're done, click Update and your link will be added.

 

Adding a link to a page on your site

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Ah, but what if you want to link to a page on your site? The smartest way to do that is to use a function here in the editor -- the "Insert Link to Page" at the top. Highlight your text and click that button.

 

Find your page

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The search page has a variety of ways you can find the page you want to link to. If you know the page name, you can use the first field to do a keyword search. You can search by date, page type, and other page details. Or you can use the sitemap on the left to just find it.

Once you find the right page, click the the name and the search window will close. Your highlighted text should now be a link to that page in your site.

When you're done, click Update and your link will be added.

Add your text content

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First of all, add your content block. This should include both the text that you want to turn into anchor links and the content that the links should jump down the page to.

 

Add your anchors

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Head down the content area till you get to where you'll want to place your anchors. This is where the content will jump TO. Place the cursor at the beginning of the area you're linking to, then click the "anchor" icon in the toolbar.

An overlay will prompt you for an anchor name. Make sure you give them names (without spaces) that you'll remember later.

 

Add your links

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Once you've added all your anchors, it's time to link to them. Highlight the first item on your list of links and click the link button.

 

Find your anchor name

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You'll see a drop-down called "Anchors". Use this menu to select the proper anchor. Don't change any of the other fields here. Click Update.

Repeat the last step and this one for each item on your list until they are all made into links. When you're done, click "Add."


Note: If you're still logged in as an admin, your anchor links may look like they're jumping down too far because they're hidden behind the menu panel at the top of the page. You may need to log out entirely to test your anchor links out properly.

 

Comments:

Posted by ltrdesigns on
What about adding a link to external content in the menu bar? I can't seem to edit it directly.
frz
Posted by frz on
the menus are made by concrete5 looking at pages in your site. to add an external link, goto the dashboard > sitemap then add a page by clicking on the node you want to add it to. you should then get an option for external links.
cliff
Posted by cliff on
I'm trying to link to an anchor on another content block on the same page but this does not seem to be an option - anchors only come up in the list if they are in the same block. Anyone have a solution to that? Thanks Cliff
frz
Posted by frz on
if you remember the anchor name you made you should be able to set these by hand
Posted by MarMis on
I can't find a linkbutton in my textfield ?
Posted by bloodleorix on
when i click add content, the window shows a blank window. what am i suppose to do?
frz
Posted by frz on
this must be a browser or system config issue on your setup.. ask in the forums
Posted by maleighcanon on
I'm trying to redirect to an external site from an item on my nav bar and I did what "frz" suggested (several times). I went to the sitemap, selected the item in the menu bar that I wanted to redirect from and clicked on "add external site". It didn't work and it just stays on the existing page. Any suggestions??
mario
Posted by mario on
A note on copying text from Word/Open Office:

Word, and to some degree Open Office, has a tendency to add "extra unnecessary" code when being pasted directly into your concrete5/tinyMCE online editor. You can see this when you click on the HTML button in the editor. Compare and contrast with text you type directly into the editor to see the difference in the HTML. If you've activated Advanced/Office mode for the tinyMCE editor on the backend Dashboard -->Sitewide Settings -->Content Toolbars (or Rich Text Editor in the latest version of C5) there will be a button on the editor in the upper left hand side with a little "W" on it. Click this button for a place to paste the Word material. The text won't translate perfectly and still won't be completely up to standards but it will be a significant improvement over before. Why do this you might ask? Because some Word code can cause some browsers not to display your content or even crash them. Believe me, I've seen it happen. It also gives you more flexibility because changes made to the CSS on a site wide basis (for example, make all bold text red) can be made instantly. Straight Word code will need to be updated on a page by page basis which is really time consuming in the future and a big pain. All in all, better to type directly into the editor itself then copy into Word for a hardcopy. If you know some HTML it's actually better to code up in an external editor and cut n'paste directly into c5/tinyMCE's editor. However, I know this isn't always practical for many people so this is a compromise solution.
Posted by amclark3 on
The add/edit content used to function fine for me on my website. It looked just as it does in the first few pictures of this article, but now it looks like this

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Anyone know why the Add/Edit Content block is not working for me? All other blocks seem to function and look as they're supposed to.
frz
Posted by frz on
you may have a extension installed in your browser that is conflicting with tinyMCE
Posted by amclark3 on
Any suggestions or tips on how to find out what extenstion that may be? I'm not too familiar with tinyMCE and what interferes with it.
frz
Posted by frz on
i know some of the 3rd party popup blocker extensions for firefox interfere with tinyMCE. You might check out tinyMCE's site (they are their own OS project) or you might just use a clean copy of firefox or another browser and see if that fixes the issue.
Posted by datatech on
When I click to add a link, the drop down boxes for anchors and targets are not populated, so I can't select a target or anchor. Also, once the page is saved, any link I tried to create is incorrect. All the links I try to create take on this type of format like #mce_temp_url#. This happens whether I use IE, Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. All browsers do the same thing. Also, the Advanced tab (if enabled) won't even open. I can click on it but nothing happens.

Would sure appreciate some help on this one as I've spent hrs and hrs trying to find the problem.
ptheis
Posted by ptheis on
I see how to create external links in the menu, however there does not seem to be a way to set a target. I want to make the target="_blank" to ensure a new window/browser is opened for offsite links. how would i do this?
frz
Posted by frz on
if you're talking about the external links in the sitemap, you cant.

really good idea for a feature request tho. ;)
http://www.concrete5.org/community/features/
AlbertPotato
Posted by AlbertPotato on
For amclark3's problems with tiny_mce:
I had this same issue, then I realized someone had used php's header function in /single_pages/page_not_found.php to get a site map page to load for 404s. I took this out and tiny_mce is behaving again. Maybe see if something similar is happening for you?
ianj
Posted by ianj on
I realise that the external links set from the sitemap do not currenlty have the option to open in a blank window but is there a way to make the default external window setting _blank for all external links (both sitemap and page links)?
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