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Working with hyperlinks

A hyperlink is highlighted text, which when clicked, performs some sort of action. SiteXpress allows you to create four types of hyperlinks:

External hyperlink   An external hyperlink targets a location off your website, for example, a page on another domain.

Internal hyperlink   An internal hyperlink targets a page on your website.

Bookmark hyperlink   A bookmark hyperlink is similar to an internal hyperlink, but instead of targeting the page, it targets a destination within the page (such as a word or phrase).

Mailto hyperlink   A mailto hyperlink opens an email message window addressed to the recipient you specify.

When you add an external hyperlink or bookmark, you can set the link target, which is the window the page will be displayed in. You can set the link target to be the current browser window or a new browser window.

To add a hyperlink:

1. Click the Page tab.
2. Click the Add Item button.
3. Click the Add Item icon next to (or below) the item which contains the text you want to make a hyperlink.
4. In the text editor, highlight the text you want to make a hyperlink and then click the Hyperlink icon in the text editor toolbar.
5. Click the Insert/Edit link icon.
6. Do one of the following:
• To add an external hyperlink, click the Link to a website address radio button and enter the complete URL. For example, to link to the Heath section of the CNN website, you would enter http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH.
• To add a bookmark link to a bookmark or a page on your own site, click the Link to another / page bookmark in this site radio button and select the desired bookmark from the select list (bookmark names are marked with # symbol prefixes). To add an internal hyperlink, select the page from the select list.
• To add a mailto link, click the To a mail address radio button and enter a valid email address.
7. Click Done.

To edit a hyperlink:

1. Click the Page tab.
2. Click Edit Item.
3. Click the Edit Item icon next to (or below) the item which contains the hyperlink you want to edit.
4. Do one of the following:
• To remove the hyperlink, click the Don't make this text a link radio button.
• To change the type of hyperlink (or link location), right click the hyperlink, select Edit Hyperlink and make the desired change.
5. Click Done.

To create a bookmark:

1. Click the Page tab.
2. Click the Edit Item button.
3. Click the Add Item icon next to (or below) the item which contains the text you want to make a bookmark.
4. In the text editor, highlight the desired text and click the Insert/Edit link icon.
5. In the Enter Bookmark Name field, type a name for the bookmark.
6. Click Done.