Select a link

Use the link element to define the item or URL to link to.

1. Either click Browse Content to select a content item, file resource component, image component or link component to link to, or enter a URL in the URL field. The inserted URL is rendered relative to the URL of the site area of the currently rendered content item. Internet protocols, such as "http://" should be added at the beginning of the inserted link if an absolute URL is intended to be rendered.

2. Select a link display type:

   Text

   We select this to display the link as text.

   • Use name of linked item: We select this to use the title of the item being linked to as the link text.

   • Link text: Enter the text to use as the link text. To enter text we must unselect Use name of linked item.

   Image Component

   We select this to display the link as an image. Click Select Image to select an image component to use as the link image.

3. Enter a description of the link by selecting either:

   Use description of linked item

   We select this to use the description of the item being linked to as the link description.

   Enter description

   We select this to enter the text to use as the link description. To enter a description we must unselect Use description of linked item.

4. Select a link target:

   Name

   We select this to specify the name of the link target.

   New Window

   We select this to open the link in a new browser window.

   None

   Select this to specify no link target.

   Parent

   We select this to open the link in the parent frameset of the frame the link appears in, replacing the entire frameset.

   Self

   We select this to open the link in the current frame, replacing the content in that frame.

   Top

   We select this to open the link in the current browser window, replacing all frames.

5. Enter additional attributes, such as style sheet classes or javascript. These are used as if entering an attribute in a "<a href=" "></a>" tag. For example:

   • To create the link tag, <a class="classname" href="http://www.ibm.com"></a> we 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> we would enter name="homepage" class="classname" in the Additional attributes field.

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