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To manage any part of your web site, you will have to be logged into the Drupal CMS.

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Overview

Within individual pieces of content on your Drupal

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site, you can add links to pages and documents on your site, or to pages on other sites.

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Step 1:  Select the

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Linked

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The first thing you'll do is highlight the text where you want to

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Step 2: Paste your link url, or select your PDF doc

Now we can add a link to another page on our site, to a pdf or doc, and/or to a page on someone else's site. Click Save. Then make sure to Save the page you are editing. 

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add a link. You have two choices of icons for linking, depending on whether you are linking to a document/file on the server:

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Or if you are linking to an email address or a web page (either on your website or on another website).

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We have instructions on adding different types of links below (file, URL, email, etc.).

Types of Links You Can Add

You can add links to any file or page on your site, an e-mail address, or a link to any file or page on any external site. Here are some helpful hints about how to approach each case

Adding a

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Link to an

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E-mail

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Address

Step 1: Type

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Text or E-mail

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Address to be

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  • Type in the text that you want linked to the e-mail address, then highlight that text.
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  • e-mail address or use other text if you don't want the e-mail address visible on the screen. In this case I'm not printing the actual e-mail address to the screen.

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  • Click the "

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  • Link" icon. 

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  • To create a link that will open your local e-mail program you simply enter the URL as:

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  •  "mailto:email@website.com"
  • Make sure to replace the e-mail address "email@website.com" with whatever e-mail you want the link to send to. The "mailto:" command is what opens the e-mail program on an individual computer.

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  • Save the e-mail link by clicking on the green checkmark

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Step 3: Save

 Save your content by clicking on the Save

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button at the bottom of the page. You can now test the e-mail link.

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Adding a

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Link to a

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Page Within Your Site

If you want to link to a page on your own site (an internal link), follow these instructions to get the url of the page to which you want to link. 

Step 1: Type

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Type in the text that you want linked then highlight that text.  Then click the "

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Link" icon. 

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Open your site in a second tab or window and navigate to the page you want to link to. 

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Step 3:  Select

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Everything After the .edu

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Part

In this example, I am going to link to our directory page located at http://anth.franklin.uga.edu/directory/all. Because this page is internal to my site, I only need the part of the URL that is after the domain name. I will select ONLY /directory/all. 

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  • Go back to the page you are adding a link to, and paste the url, including the leading slash "/", in the field.
  • Click on the green checkmark to Save the link.

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Step 5: Save

Click on the Save

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button at the bottom of the page and test the link.

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Adding a

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Link to a PDF or

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Another Document on Your Site

Step 1: Type

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Text to be

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Type in the text that you want linked then highlight that text.  Then click the "file link" icon. 

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Select the

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From the Link prompt, instead of pasting a URL in the field, you will click the link that says "Open File Browser."

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Document

This opens up IMCE, the File Manager/Uploader. Locate the file you want to link to. 

You can browse for an existing file, or you can click the upload button to get one from your computer. Once you have selected a file, hit the "Select" link.

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The file will now be linked to.

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Step 3: Save

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your content and test the link.

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Add a

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Link to a

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Page on

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Another Website

If you want to link to a page on an external site, follow these instructions to get the url of the page to which you want to link. 

Step 1: Type

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Text to be

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Type in the text that you want linked then highlight that text.  Then click the "link" icon. 

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New Window to

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Get the

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Link

Open your site in a second tab or window and navigate to the page you want to link to. 

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Step 3: Select

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Entire URL

In this example, I am going to link to the UGA Graduate School site  located at http://grad.uga.edu. Because this page is external from my site, I only need the whole URL.

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Step 4: Enter the

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Link

  • Go back to the page you are adding a link to, and paste the entire url, including the leading

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  • Save the link by clicking on the green checkmark.

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Step 5: Save

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 Then save your content and test the link.

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