Selecting a link

You use the link element to define the item or URL to link to.

1. 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.
2. Select a link display type:

   Text

   Select this option to display the link as text.

   • Use name of linked item: 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Enter extra attributes, such as style sheet classes or JavaScript. These attributes are used in the same way as using 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.