Difference between revisions of "Inserting a link to another website into an Article"

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A link to another website (or hyperlink) may be inserted in an Article as follows:
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#Open the Article for editing either by:
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#* Click the Content > New Article menu item to go to the Article Manager, select the Article and click the Edit toolbar button.
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#* Clicking the Add New Article button in the Control Panel.
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#* If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the Edit toolbar button.
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#Locate and highlight the text or image you want to use as the link.
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#Click the ''Insert/edit link'' editor toolbar button. The ''Insert/edit link'' screen opens.
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#There are 4 tabs in the Insert/edit link screen. The parameters that must be are set on the General tab.
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#*'''Link URL''': The full URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the target website, for example http://www.joomla.org.
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#*'''Target''': Defines how the link will open.
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#*'''Title''': A name for the link. This becomes the '''title''' attribute in HTML.
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#*'''Class''': Choose a style class for the link if required.
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#Click the ''Insert'' button to create the link. The ''Insert/edit link'' screen will close and the link will be displayed in the article text.
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#*Unless there are specific CSS styles in place the default style is underlined blue text.
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#*Clicking the ''Cancel'' button closes the screen without inserting a link.

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A link to another website (or hyperlink) may be inserted in an Article as follows:

  1. Open the Article for editing either by:
    • Click the Content > New Article menu item to go to the Article Manager, select the Article and click the Edit toolbar button.
    • Clicking the Add New Article button in the Control Panel.
    • If logged in to the Front-end, you have appropriate permissions and are viewing the Article you wish to edit: Click the Edit toolbar button.
  2. Locate and highlight the text or image you want to use as the link.
  3. Click the Insert/edit link editor toolbar button. The Insert/edit link screen opens.
  4. There are 4 tabs in the Insert/edit link screen. The parameters that must be are set on the General tab.
    • Link URL: The full URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the target website, for example http://www.joomla.org.
    • Target: Defines how the link will open.
    • Title: A name for the link. This becomes the title attribute in HTML.
    • Class: Choose a style class for the link if required.
  5. Click the Insert button to create the link. The Insert/edit link screen will close and the link will be displayed in the article text.
    • Unless there are specific CSS styles in place the default style is underlined blue text.
    • Clicking the Cancel button closes the screen without inserting a link.
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