Contribute Tutorial

Create/Edit Links

You can create a link to any page that exists on the Internet. Any links that refer to pages not within your own website are referred to as “external” links. An external link can link to any website on the Internet including any part of the TCNJ website that is not part of your own site. Any links to pages within your site are called "internal" links.

To create a link:

1. Find the place you would like to insert the link.
2. Click the “Link” button at the top of the Contribute Toolbar. A drop-down list will appear.
3. Click on “Browse to Web Page”
4. In the text box labeled “Link Text” type in the text you would like to appear as your link. (NOTE: If you would like to create a link to already existing text, simply highlight the text and then follow steps 2 and 3 above.)
5. In the text box labeled “Web address (URL)” there are 2 things you can do:
   1. If you already know the web address, type it in the box. Be sure to include every part of the address including the “http://” part.
   2. If you don’t know the web address, click on “Browse”
      1. You may now find the webpage you wish to link to by browsing to it just like you would if you were using an Internet Browser like Netscape or Internet Explorer.
      2. When you have found the page you wish to link to, click “OK”
6. Click “OK” and the link is now created on your page.
7. Click “Publish” to finish editing.

To edit a link address:

1. Find the link you wish to edit.
2. Click the “Link” button at the top of the Contribute Toolbar. A drop-down list will appear.
3. Click on “Browse to Web Page”
4. You may now type a new address or browse to a new page using the same method described above.
5. Click on “Publish” to finish editing.

To edit link text:

1. Find the link you wish to edit.
2. Highlight all or the part of the text you would like to change.
3. Type the new text or delete the text as desired.
4. Click on “Publish” to finish editing.

To remove a link:

1. Find the link you wish to remove.
2. Highlight all or the part of text you wish to remove the link from.
3. Click your right mouse button while your mouse pointer is on the highlighted text.
4. Select “Remove Link”
5. Click on “Publish” to finish editing.

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