Inserting Links - Frequently Asked Questions

1. PC USERS: How do I insert a link in one of my pages? ANSWER >>

2. MAC and NETSCAPE USERS: How do I insert a link in one of my pages? ANSWER >>

3. How do I link to an External Site using a link in my Left Hand Navigation column? Answer >>

1. PC USERS: How do I insert a link in one of my pages?

The following ONLY applies to PC users with the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser:

First of all make sure you are an Advanced Mode User:
1. Sign in to your Toolbox
2. Click Profile & Preferences
3. Scroll down and select User Mode: Advanced.
4. Hit Update.

Now click Page Editor. Click the Pencil Icon for the content item you want to edit.
You will notice that a cool Text Editor will load in the page.

When the Applet has loaded - you will notice it looks like a little word processor Window. It lets you do cool things like change font size, highlight and underline text.

To insert a link:
1. Highlight the text you want to turn into a link

2. Click the "Hyper Link" button - it looks like a little chain.

3. Window pops up letting you either chose a page within your website to link to, or enter an external web address, or an Email address to link to. When you're done adding the link - hit the relevant "Select" button.

4. Once you're done editing that piece of content - hit "save" button.

Now you have your link!!!

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2. MAC and NETSCAPE USERS: How do I insert a link in one of my pages?

The first option you have, is to try to find a PC with Internet Explorer where you can edit your site.

But if you can't do that, you can you can still add links --- but you need to know a little HTML code.

You can do this in Simple User Mode - no need to change to Advanced User mode in Profile and Preferences.

1. Go to Page Editor

2. Click on the Pencil Icon for the content piece you want to edit.

3. In the Body text field you have to add the following HTML code wherever you want your link to appear in the text:

External Website Links

<a href="http://www.cumulus9.com>Click Here</a>

where "http://www.cumulus9.com" is the web URL you want to link to
and "Click Here" is the text which you want to make into a link.

Internal Links to a page within your site

if you want to link to a page within your website enter this line of HTML:

<a href="sites/MySiteUrl/Links">Click Here</a>

where "sites/MySiteURL/Links" is the PATH and FILENAME of the page you want to link to. In this particular case its the Links page.
and "Click Here" is the text which you want to make into a link.

Mailto Links to launch a new Email

<a href="mailto:customerservice@cumulus9.com">Email customerservice@cumulus9.com</a>

where "customerservice@cumulus9.com" is your Email address.

Always remember to Preview and then test your HTML after you enter it.

Cumulus9 are unable to provide support for any HTML you write yourself, so you may want to consider doing an online HTML tutorial to make sure you know what you're doing! This is a link to a good online HTML tutorial

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3. How do I link to an External Site using a link in my Left Hand Navigation column?

You have to create a "Web Link" page!

1) Go to "Site Index" from your Toolbox

2) Click "Create a New Page"

3) Name the page with the name of the website that you are linking to

4) Select "Web Link" page type.

5) Hit "Save". This creates a new page in your site -- which is ACTUALLY a link to the website address that you specify.

6) Click the link to the new "Web Link" page in your "Site Index".

7) Now enter the relevant details for the "Name and URL" for the link:

8) Finally hit "Save".... Now you have a link to an "External website" on your Left Hand navigation column.

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