Text editor links and anchors

You can use the enhanced text editor to add links to internal or external documents in a wiki. You can also link to anchors on your post page. Links and anchors are editable and removable.

Add a link to a page

You can add a link to an internal or external web page using the enhanced text editor Insert menu option.  This method can be used to link to a location on another page by including the header anchor in the link URL.

1. Open the page or post in the editing mode and highlight the text you want to link.
2. Click Insert > Insert link on the enhanced text editor menu bar. The insert link dialog box appears.

   

3. Enter the URL for the target page in the URL data field.
4. Enter the text for the link in the Text to display field.
5. Enter the title of the page if desired. This is an optional field.
6. In the Target drop-down list, you can choose how the target document will be displayed:
   
   • None - The linked page is displayed in your current browser window.
   • New -The linked page is displayed in a new browser window.
7. Click Ok.

Link to an anchor

Linking to an anchor directs the viewer directly to a location on the current page or on another web page.

1. Open the page or post in the editing mode and highlight the text you want to link to the anchor.
2. Click Insert > Insert link on the enhanced text editor menu bar. The insert link dialog box appears.
3. If you are linking to another web page, enter the URL of that page with the syntax #<anchor name> in the link URL. You can get the link to that full page by clicking the anchor and viewing the entire link in the browser address field. 
4. If you are linking to an anchor on the current page, click the Anchors drop-down list. A list of currently created anchors is displayed.
5. Select the anchor you want to link the text to from this list.
6. Click Ok. The text appears linked.

 Edit a link

You can edit a link using the enhanced text editor Insert/edit link button, or you can right-click the link and select Insert/edit link.

1. Open the page or post in the editing mode and highlight the link you want to change.
2. Click Insert > Insert link on the enhanced text editor toolbar. The insert link dialog box appears.
3. Highlight the URL in the Link URL field and paste the desired link over it, or select the new anchor from the list.
4. Click Ok.

 Delete a link

1. Open the page or post in the editing mode and highlight the link you want to change.
2. Right-click and select Remove link.

Add an anchor

With an anchor, you can link to certain location on the page.

1. Open the page or post in the editing mode.
2. Place the cursor where you want to insert the anchor.
3. Click Insert > Anchor on the enhanced text editor menu bar. The Anchor dialog box appears.
   
4. Enter a name for the anchor into the Name field It should not contain spaces.
5. Click Ok. An anchor symbol appears where you have inserted the anchor.