WebEd User Guide - External Hyperlinks

External Hyperlinks are used to take a visitor to a page on another external website, for example, information on another site such as suppliers product pages for more information or riciprocal marketing arrangement.

To Insert an External Hyperlink:

You must enter the edit mode before inserting external hyperlinks.

Locate the URL and page address of the destination page. This is the address on the address bar of the browser, be sure to copy the whole address.

It will appear for example like: http://www.customercommunity.com.au/

Highlight the text or image and select the Hyperlink icon.

Enter the link details in 'Hyperlink - Web Dialog' pop-up box.

Source Fields:

In the Source field enter the destination URL in the freeform box that is circled below. (Paste the URL that you was copied in Step One above)

	http://	To link to an external website or image location
	https://	To link to a secure page
	mailto:	to link to an email addresses
	ftp://	to link to an FTP (file transfer protocol) location
	news:	to link to news readers
	javascript:	to active and javascript procedure.

The drop down list refers to file protocol. Most websites are "http", so if the entire URL including "http://" is pasted into the freeform box, there is no need to use this selector.

To link to the external website google.com.au either of the following methods is acceptable.

In the Target Field

The following options are available in the drop down box, which affect they way in which a visitor will be moved to a new site when they click the hyperlink:

Nothing default, same as self.

Self takes you to a new site in your existing browser application screen. The existing website will be replaced with the targetted site.

Blank (recommended option) - opens up the linked page as a whole new, additional browser screen. The existing website will still be visible on another tabbed screen.

Parent opens up the linked page in the existing application. Browsing backwards takes visitors to their previous screen.

Enter a title in the Title field.

This will be displayed on the web page when you mouse over the linked text. Mouse over this dummy link to see how the title link appears.

Click on ok to confirm the details and return to the edit page mode.

External Hyperlink - Title