How to create a link

Modified on Tue, 26 Aug, 2014 at 12:39 PM

 To create a link inside the Joomla Editor, begin by creating the call to action that want to be the link. This can be anything to that will direct the user to click the link.



Next use the cursor to highlight the text that you want to be the link and click the INSERT/EDIT LINK icon.



A Link popup will open giving you options to create your link.


If you want to link directly to a URL, either type of paste the URL into the URL field.



Alternatively if you are linking to an item on your site, you can use the LINKS panel to navigate the Menus of your site and link directly to these.



Once you have added your link, you can then set the ATTRIBUTES of the link. TARGET allows you to set whether the link will open in the current browser window or in a new window.




Finally you can set the TITLE of the link, this is the text that will appear when the cursor is hovered over the link on the public facing page of the article.



Once you have added your link, click INSERT



The link will now be created and highlighted blue and underlined in the editor.




If you want to make any changes to the link, highlight the link and click the INSERT/EDIT LINK  icon. If you wish to remove the link, highlight the link and click the UNLINK icon.




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