Links - Carleton CMS Help Centre

Hyperlinks are very commonly used in content editing to direct visitors to different content on the web while maintaining the sleek appearance of the page or post.

Here is an example of a hyperlink which leads to the Carleton homepage.

Step-by-Step

Creating a hyperlink

The following steps apply for all types of hyperlinks you want to insert to your content.

Highlight the text that you want to be made into a link
Click Insert/Edit Link
Insert your URL to the text field that just pops up
Click Apply

Internal links

Internal links are links to other content (pages, posts, etc.) on the same website. You can quickly add a hyperlink to another page or document on the same site:

Highlight text you want to add a hyperlink to and click Insert/Edit Link
In the Insert URL field, insert the name of the content you want to link to
From the drop-down list of results, select the content you want to link to
Click Apply

Email and telephone links

You can add a hyperlink to your email address or telephone number so that when your site visitors click on them, they are instantly directed to sending you an email or telephoning you.

Highlight the text you want to add a hyperlink to and click Insert/Edit Link
In the Insert URL field:
1. To add an email link, enter the email address with the prefix mailto: (e.g., mailto:johndoe@cunet.carleton.ca)
2. To add a telephone link, enter the phone number with no space or symbols, and add the prefix tel: (e.g., tel:1234567890)
Click Apply

Editing hyperlinks

Click on the text with the hyperlink and select Edit
When the Insert URL field appears, select Link Options
You will see a pop-up window with more link options. To save your edits, click Update.

Removing hyperlinks

Click on the text with the hyperlink
Select Remove Link

Video Tutorial

Transcript

Module 3: Links

Welcome back to Module 3 of the Basic CMS Training. This video is about adding links to your content.

To create a hyperlink, highlight the text you want to add the link to, and select “Insert/Edit Link”. Here, insert your URL. Once you are done, click “Apply”.

For internal links, i.e., links to content on your own site, there is a quicker way to pull them onto your page or post, which is searching for the content you want to link in the Insert URL field.

For example, if I want to make a hyperlink to the page named “Module 5: Newsletter”, I will type “module” and browse the results. Once I find the page I want to link to, I click it and click “Apply”.

You can also make hyperlinks to your email address or telephone number so that when your visitors click on them, they are directed to emailing or telephoning you. To add a link to email address, type “mailto:” followed by your email address in the URL bar. To add a link to your telephone number, type “tel:” followed by your phone number with no space or special character.

To edit a hyperlink, simply click on it and click “Edit”. Then, click on this gear icon for “Link Options”. Here, you will be taken to a window where you can make further changes to the link, such as opening it in new tab, changing display text and so on. Once you’re done changing, click “Update” to save your changes.

To remove a hyperlink, click on the link and click “Remove Link”.

Try It Out!

Now that you have learned how to add and edit links in your post, time to try it out!

Add a link to your favourite website.
Make the link open in a new tab.
Add a link to your email address and your phone number. Try clicking on them!

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