By donnapenn on

I want to install a link in the body of my "about" page that will take clickers to another website. How do I do this? I know this is probably pretty basic but my web designer passed away and I'm now on my own. Thanks.

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bwv’s picture

bwv commented

You can use simple html:

<a href="externalsite.com">Link name</a>

I think this is what you mean. Correct?
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http://classicvinyl.biz
http://music.bwv810.com
http://association.drupal.org/user/1207

donnapenn’s picture

donnapenn commented

I tried the above and it went to "page not found" within my site.

zareen’s picture

zareen commented

have to have the http://and full url for it to go to another site.

Steve Halleman’s picture

Steve Halleman commented

If you have a WYSIWYG editor installed you should see icons on the top of the body field of the page when you edit it. The link icon looks like a globe with 2 links of a chain. Copy the URL of the page you want to send users to and paste it into the URL field.

If you are looking strickly at text you can put in something like <a href="http://www.example.com">Click to go to...</a>

Steve Halleman

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thomjjames commented

Hi,

Yeh thats the way to go, if you want them to open in a new window add target="_blank" to the link code but if you want it to validate you can use abit of jquery can open all absolute links in a new window:

//open absolute links in new windows
$('a[href^="http://"]').attr("target", "_blank");

Might be useful to you
Tom
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donnapenn commented

where precisely do I add: target="_blank"
To the end of the string?

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donnapenn commented

yes, I would love the link to open in a new page. Where do I add the string you list above?

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donnapenn commented

Ahhhh,, I messed around and finally got it working just the way I wanted. You guys are the best. Thanks so very much for all your help and for not making me feel too stupid. All the best!

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donnapenn commented

ah, I got it this time. Thanks, Steve.

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thomjjames commented

Hi,

Looks like you cracked it, but here's the full link if anyone else needs it (sorry should have put it in from the start):

<a href="http://www.example.com" target="_blank">Click to go to...</a>

Tom
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sudankharel commented

use this type of simple html  

<a href="http://www.bishwaghatana.com" target="_blank">Click to go here</a>
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aminolmolk commented

thank you!

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