Adding Links

Hyperlinks allow website visitors to navigate to other parts of a website or to an external URL from a page, page section or article. You can turn rich text into a link quickly and easily in the Editor. Text within other content elements cannot be turned into a hyperlink.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the content item containing the text you want to turn into a link.
2. Double-click the content area or hover the mouse over the page title and select [Edit]. The Editor becomes active.
3. In the Editor, highlight the text that you want to turn into a link.
4. Select [Link] from the Editor's menu bar:
   
   
   
   
   
   The Create Link dialog box appears. It contains two tabs: "Content" and "Web". Use the "Content" tab to link to a content item within the channel (web initiative) and use the "Web" tab to link to an external URL.
   
   
   

Content Link

1. In the "Link Text" text field, enter the text that displays for the link.
2. Select the link behavior from the "Link Behavior" drop-down list.

Select Content Using Search

1. In the "Content" field, type a full or partial string to search for the content item to which you want to link.
2. Select the content item from the list of items found. If the content item you are searching for was not found, click Advanced Search to conduct a more thorough search based on content item metadata.
3. Click [Apply]. The text in the content item changes color and is underlined (according to your corporate style).
4. Continue editing the content or click [Save] to save the change(s).

Select Content Using Page Tree

1. Click the page tree icon:
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Navigate through the page tree and click the page you want to link to.
3. Click [Select].
4. Click [Apply]. The text in the content item changes color and is underlined (according to your corporate style).
5. Continue editing the content or click [Save] to save the change(s).

Link to a Heading within a Content Item

To link directly to a heading (anchor) in a content item, select it from the drop-down list. For example:

Web Link

A web link is a link to a URL external to your XperienCentral website. A web link can be embedded in a content item which means that the website visitor sees a compact version of the content within XperienCentral. When you embed content, keep in mind that there is a minimum width required in order to show the embedded content, therefore it might not be possible to embed content in some content items, for example in a page section, if there is not enough room. XperienCentral tries to make the embedded content fit automatically based on the size of the area in which the content is embedded.

At this time, XperienCentral supports content embedding for the following social media:

• YouTube
• Vimeo
• Dailymotion
• Hulu
• Vine
• Instagram
• Flickr
• SlideShare
• Spotify
• SoundCloud
• Twitter
• Ted (talks)
• Scribd

 
To add a web link, follow these steps:

1. In the "Link Text" text field, enter the text that displays for the link.
2. In the "Address" field, enter the URL to which you want to link. You do not have to prefix it with "http://"..
3. Select the link behavior from the "Link Behavior" drop-down list.
4. For supported link types, select whether to embed the content directly in the content item. Embedding is supported for YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, Facebook posts and many other social media. When content is embedded, a website visitor can interact with it directly in the content item. The following shows an embedded YouTube video on a web page:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Click [Apply]. The text in the content item changes color and is underlined (according to your corporate style), or if the link is a supported embed type, the embedded content appears.

6. Continue editing the content or click [Save] to save the change(s).
   
   

   For security reasons, XperienCentral makes it possible to restrict the link scheme types that are allowed, for example only those beginning with "http" and "https".. If an error message is returned while you are trying to create a web link, contact your application manager.

   
   
   
   

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Linking to an Anchor

You can link directly to an anchor from other content items. This is useful if you want a visitor to be able to link directly to a heading within another content item instead of landing at the top of the linked content item. See Headings as Anchors for complete information.

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