Adding a link element to an item

You add a link element to a site area or content item when you want a link to be used for a specific site area or content item.

1. Open or create a site area or content item.
2. Click Manage Elements.
3. Select Link as the element type.
4. Enter a name. Do not use double-byte and non-ASCII characters.
5. Enter a display title to use as the title of the element displayed indexes and forms.
6. If you have created a text provider plug-in for a multi-locale site, you can also select the text provider and enter a key to look up a string from the selected text provider. The text provider displays a different display title for each language it is configured for. The text that is entered in the Display Title field is only used if an appropriate display title is not available from the selected text provider, or if the text provider is not available.
7. Click OK. The link element is added to your form.
8. Go to the link element you created.
9. Either click Browse Content to select a content item, file resource component, image component or link component to link to, or enter a URL in the URL field. The inserted URL is rendered relative to the URL of the site area of the currently rendered content item. Internet protocols, such as "http://" must be added at the beginning of the inserted link if an absolute URL is intended to be rendered.
10. Select a link display type:

    Text

    Select this option to display the link as text.

    • Use name of linked item: You select this option to use the title of the item that is linked to as the link text.
    • Link text: Enter the text to use as the link text. To enter text, you must clear the Use name of linked item check box.

    Image Component

    Select this option to display the link as an image. Click Select Image to select an image component to use as the link image.

11. Enter a description of the link by selecting either:

    Use description of linked item

    Select this option to use the description of the item that is linked to as the link description.

    Enter description

    Select this option to enter the text to use as the link description. To enter a description, you must clear the Use description of linked item check box.

12. Select a link target:

    Name

    Select this option to specify the name of the link target.

    New Window

    Select this option to open the link in a new browser window.

    None

    Select this option to specify no link target.

    Parent

    Select this option to open the link in the parent frameset of the frame the link appears in, replacing the entire frameset.

    Self

    Select this option to open the link in the current frame, replacing the content in that frame.

    Top

    Select this option to open the link in the current browser window, replacing all frames.

13. Enter extra attributes, such as style sheet classes or JavaScript. These attributes are used in the same way as an attribute in a "<a href=" "></a>" tag. For example:
    • To create the link tag, <a class="classname" href="http://www.ibm.com"></a> you would enter class="classname" in the Additional attributes field.
    • To create the link tag, <a name="homepage" class="classname" href="http://www.ibm.com"></a> you would enter name="homepage" class="classname" in the Additional attributes field.
14. Save the item form.