Links are commonly used on Terry websites and can be used to direct users to another page on the Terry website, an external website or a location on the same page. Any portion of text can be made into a link.
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Terry website links are underlined. Clicking the underlined text directs the user to another page on the Terry website, an external website or a location on the same page.
Internal Links
Internal links direct users to another page on the Terry website. To create an internal hyperlink, although it is advised to not create a link within a heading and limit links to paragraph text.
To create a link, follow these steps:
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Highlight the text
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you want to
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make into a link.
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While the text is highlighted, click the Link
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icon in the
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The Display Text field contains the highlighted text. This field is blank if no text is highlighted, in which you can enter the text you want to display as a link.
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Select URL as the Link Type.
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toolbar. A window with a search field is displayed.
Enter the URL of the page you are linking.
If you are linking to another page on the Terry
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website,
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enter
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the
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page name in the
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Click OK. The text is now formatted as a link in the editor.
External Links
External links to websites beyond Terry are configured using the same method as an internal link, but require the entire website’s URL to be included in the URL field of the Link window and the Protocol field to be set to https://, as shown in the example below.
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Anchor Links
Anchor links direct users to another section of the same page. This is useful for pages with lots of content that are organized by multiple headings. You can format a portion of text to link to direct a heading further down the page; when the user clicks the link, the page will automatically jump to the heading’s location.
In the example below, clicking the “Your First Month at Terry” anchor link directs the user straight to its corresponding section. The user is able to bypass the content before it and quickly access the section they want to read.
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An anchor link is accompanied by anchor text, which is the text that determines where the link directs the user. In the example above, the “Your First Month at Terry” heading was set as the anchor text, with the anchor link configured to jump to the heading.
To create an anchor link, follow these steps:
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You must first determine the text you want to designate as anchor text. This is typically a section header. Highlight the text you want to designate as anchor text.
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Click the red flag in the editor toolbar to display the Anchor Properties window.
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Enter a name for the anchor text in the Anchor Name field. It is recommended that the name matches the text with words separated by dashes, as shown in the image below.
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Click OK. The anchor text is created. This is indicated by a red flag icon next to the text, as shown below.
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Now that the anchor text has been created, you can create an anchor link that directs to the text. To do this, highlight the text you want to format as an anchor link.
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Click the Link button in the editor toolbar to display the Link window. The text you highlighted is shown in the Display Text field.
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Select Link to anchor in the text as the Link Type. This displays the Select an Anchor fields.
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Select the anchor text you created for this link in the By Anchor Name field.
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search field. The search results are displayed as you type. Select the page to which you want to link.
If you are linking to a page outside of the Terry website, enter its entire URL in the search field (including the http:// or https:// prefix).
Press Enter to apply the link to the text. The text color changes to blue when the link is applied. After publishing the page, website visitors will be directed to the linked page.
Note: Links should only open in a new tab or browser window in rare, specific circumstances (i.e. when a user is in the middle of completing a form and we don’t want them to lose the information that has already been entered).