Managing Your Web Page Hyperlinks

For a short flash video clip see the "Adding Links" section of our recorded training session.

There are TWO kinds of hyperlinks. Well, there are two main kinds of hyperlinks.

1. External Hyperlinks (hyperlinks to places OUTSIDE your web...e.g., http://www.disney.com/)
2. Internal Hyperlinks (hyperlinks to places INSIDE your web...e.g., mholtzclaw.cocc.edu/Classes

Related: Setting a hyperlink to open in to a separate window
Related: Creating bookmarks

Creating External Hyperlinks

1. Navigate to a page that you want to add a hyperlink to.
2. Click the "Edit Page" hyperlink toward the bottom of the page.
3. Highlight the word or phrase you want to turn into a hyperlink.
4. Click on the Globe with a ChainLink icon (). A Create Hyperlink box will appear.
5. Type in the URL to the EXTERNAL location (make sure to include the "http://" part).
6. Hit the OK button. The create hyperlink box will go away.
7. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the Apply Changes button.

Creating Hyperlinks To COCC Community Web Pages

1. Navigate to a page that you want to add a hyperlink to.
2. Click the "Edit Page" hyperlink toward the bottom of the page.
3. Highlight the word or phrase you want to turn into a hyperlink.
4. Click on the White document icon with the small Globe and ChainLink image (). A Insert Section Link dialog box will appear.
5. From the displayed list of pages, select the page that you want to insert a link to. The create hyperlink box will go away.
   • NOTE: If the link you are trying to create exists in another community change the text in the box near the top and click the refresh button.
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the Apply Changes button.

Modifying an Existing Hyperlink

1. Navigate to a page that you want to add a hyperlink to.
2. Click the "Edit Page" hyperlink toward the bottom of the page.
3. Single-click in the hyperlink that you want to modify.
4. Click on the Globe with a ChainLink icon (). A Create Hyperlink box will appear.
   -or- You may right-click on the existing Hyperlink and select "Set Link Properties".
5. In the dialog that appears, make the needed modifications to the hyperlink's text or destination path (URL) and click OK.
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the Apply Changes button.

To Remove a Hyperlink

1. Navigate to a page that you want to add a hyperlink to.
2. Click the "Edit Page" hyperlink toward the bottom of the page.
3. Single-click in the hyperlink that you want to remove.
4. Click on the Remove Link button ().
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the Apply Changes button.

Creating Bookmarks

What is a Bookmark: A named location on a Web page that can be the target of a hyperlink. Bookmarks allow authors to link to a specific section of a target page. In a URL, a bookmark is preceded by the pound sign (#). Also called anchor.

To create a bookmark you use the same Link dialog as used above, but instead of using the Hyperlink tab you use the Anchor tab. Unfortunately, when the bookmark is created you will not be able to see it like you can for links since the editor does not underline or otherwise mark bookmarks.

Once created a bookmark can be used by linking to the page with the bookmark and including a pound symbol (#) at the end of the web page address followed by the name of the bookmark that you would like to go to on the destination web page. More information about how anchor tags function is available here.