Use the Link Action tab in the Insert Link dialog to define link targets and behavior. You can create links to existing Web pages or documents (files), pages to be created, or uploaded, images, email addresses, or scheduled Elements. You can also specify no linking.
The first Type field identifies the current file type for this link. The target for the link above is an uploaded document, the target below is a CommonSpot page.
The Title displays the link name and the URL field displays the path to the link target.
The second Type field displays link target options.
- No Link - Do not assign a link. Use this for simple text items or as placeholder text for inserting links later.
- Page or Bookmark on Page(default) - Use this option to link to a CommonSpot page or a bookmark on another page. CommonSpot maintains links created this way.
Click the Choose from current subsite button to select a page from the subsite.
Click the Choose button to select from all available subsites.
Click the Bookmark button to select a bookmark from existing bookmarks or to manually define new ones.
- Bookmark on Current Page - Select this option to insert a bookmark link from the current page, then click the Bookmark button. The Select Bookmark dialog displays. Choose defined bookmarks from the dropdown or enter a link from the current page.
- Uploaded Document - Use this option to link to an existing uploaded document. For this option, the Choose from current subsite and Choose buttons restrict results to uploaded files.
- Registered URL - Links to an external URL registered for your site. For this option, the Choose from current subsite and Choose buttons restrict results to registered URLs.
- Page Set - Links to a Page Set. Click Choose from current subsite to select from the subsite. The Choose button lets you select page sets from all of your site’s page sets.
- New Page from Template - Enables you to create a page for linking. Initiates the Create Page process.
Begin by selecting the Change button. This displays a dialog for selecting the subsite location for the new page. After selecting the subsite, click Next to complete the process of creating a new page.
- New Uploaded File - Use this option to link to a Word, PowerPoint, PDF or other uploaded file or document. Selecting this option and clicking Insert Link displays the Upload New Document dialog for initiating the document upload process.
- Image - Links to an image. Selecting Link to Image and clicking Next displays the Image Properties dialog for uploading a new image file or linking to an image already available at your site. Choosing this option gives you the additional option of displaying the linked image in a new window.
- Email Link - Selecting this option displays an E-mail field. Enter a valid email address.
- Scheduled Element - If a Scheduled/Personalize Element exists on the page, you can set criteria that must be fulfilled before CommonSpot displays this Element. You can also set the last date at which CommonSpot will display the Element.
- Pop-up Menu - Displays a popup menu for this link. The pop-up menu must already exist. See Manage Popup Menus and Start New Pop Up Menu.
- Unregistered URL or Relative Internal URL - Link to a page using an either an absolute link (for example, http://www.paperthin.com) or one that is relative to this page on this site (for example, ../about/index.cfm) if you are using a relative URL, you can use an input field for free-form entry of the target URL.
Link Action Tab
