Selecting a link
You use the link element to define the item or URL to link to.
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Select either External URL, or Web Content.
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To add a link to a URL, either type or paste the URL in the Type a URL field.
Note
The inserted URL is rendered relative to the URL of the site area of the currently rendered content item. Internet protocols, such as "
Http://
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To add a link to web content, an image component, a file component, or an existing link component, click Browse Content.
In CF08 or higher, click Browse.
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Select the library that the item is stored in.
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Select the item to link to.
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Click OK
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To add a link to a document in the current place, click Browse Libraries.
In CF08 or higher, click Browse.
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Select the library that the document is stored in.
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Select the document to link to.
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Click OK
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Click Link Attributes to set additional settings.
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For external URLs:
Select a link display type:
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Text
Select this type to display the link as text.
- Use URL as link text: Select this option to use the URL of the item that is linked to as the link text.
- Link text: Enter the text to use as the link text. To enter text, you must clear the Use URL as link text check box. - Image Component
Select this type to display the link as an image. Click Select Image to select an image component to use as the link image.
Enter a description of the link by selecting either:
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Use URL as link description
Select this option to use the URL of the item that is linked to as the link description.
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Enter description
Select this option to enter the text to use as the link description. To enter a description, you must clear the Use URL as link description check box.
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For Web content:
Select a link display type:
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Text
Select this type to display the link as text.
- Use title of linked item: Select this option to use the title of the item that is linked to as the link text.
- Link text: Enter the text to use as the link text. To enter text, you must clear the Use title of linked item check box. - Image Component
Select this type to display the link as an image. Click Select Image to select an image component to use as the link image.
Enter a description of the link by selecting either:
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Use description of linked item
Select this option to use the description of the item that is linked to as the link description.
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Enter description
Select this option to enter the text to use as the link description. To enter a description, you must clear the Use description of linked item check box.
Enter an optional query string. You can use a query string here as a search parameter in a menu element. For example, you might enter this query string:
myquery=shoes
You can then specify "myquery" as a search parameter in a menu element. -
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Select a link target:
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Name
Select this option to specify the name of the link target.
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New Window
Select this option to open the link in a new browser window.
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None
Select this option specify no link target.
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Parent
Select this option to open the link in the parent frameset of the frame the link appears in, replacing the entire frameset.
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Self
Select this option to open the link in the current frame, replacing the content in that frame.
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Top
Select this option to open the link in the current browser window, replacing all frames.
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Enter extra attributes, such as style sheet classes or JavaScript. These attributes are used in the same way as using an attribute in a "
<a href=" "></a>
" tag.For example:
- To create the link tag,
<a class="classname" href="http://www.ibm.com"></a>
you would enter class="classname" in the Additional attributes field. - To create the link tag,
<a name="homepage" class="classname" href="http://www.ibm.com"></a>
you would enter name="homepage" class="classname" in the Additional attributes field. - Click OK.
- To create the link tag,