Welcome to our step by step guide for being able to add an external link within your Primarysite Website.
In this guide we will cover:
- How to add an external link
This document will help you achieve this in an easy step by step process. If you have any questions, please get in touch.
Getting Started
Firstly, you will need to log into your website. This may be done by either clicking a padlock icon or it could be that the words ‘log in’ are situated on the homepage, either in a corner or at the bottom of the page.
A log in screen will then appear, for your details.
As default only, either a super user or anyone under the teacher role type will have the permission to add content to a standard page. We can however amend the permissions for editing for other role types if required. Please give us a call to do this.
How to Add an External Link
An external link, is a direct link to another website. An example of this might be; if you have an Ofsted page or an admission page, you could add an external link to the GOV website to show Ofsted performance tables for the school or adding an external link to the local authority website.
To be able to add an external link, you need to firstly navigate to the page that you wish to add the external link to. Once you are in the page, you will need to click the blue ‘edit this page’ button which can be located in the top left corner of the white bar.
Once you have clicked the ‘edit this page’ button, you will be taken to the editing area for your page. You will now need to select the yellow ‘add block’ button.
Clicking the yellow ‘add block’ button will redirect you to the content editor, to select the piece of content you wish to add. In this instance click the ‘green’ external link block.
You will now see the below screen, where you must add a title which needs to be more than 4 characters long in order for the link to save. You will also have the option to add a description, maybe what this link is for and then you will need to copy and paste the website address itself.
Next click the blue ‘save’ button in the bottom left-hand corner. This will show your link in the content editor area.
Click the ‘blue’ save button again, the link will now appear on the page in question on your website.
Should you need to, you will be able to delete the link. To do this you will need to go to the page that the link sits within and select the blue ‘edit this page button’. You will then see the link within the editing area and will have the option to delete the whole block by selecting the red ‘x’ button located on the right-hand side of your link. If you select the yellow ‘edit pencil button, you will be taken to the ‘manage external link block’ area where you can change the link selected.
Click the blue ‘save’ button to save any changes to the website
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