Links within your menu can be useful if you need to link to external websites, and documents or pages on your website.  

For internal pages, you may find it more useful to set a second location for a page, rather than linking.

Menu Link to External Website

1. Navigate to the area of the website where you would like to create the external menu link.
2. Select the Create tab.
3. Select the Link icon to open the Link window:
   
4. Enter a title for your link in the Link Text field.  This is the text which will appear in your menu.
5. Enter the URL for the external link in Link Address.

6. Select where you would like the link to open in Open Link In:

   • New Window - Opens the link in a new tab on your browser.
   • Embedded within the current page - Embeds the link in the current page. This will not function if the link is added to the top-level menu.
   • Open in the current window -  Opens the link in your current tab, moving the user away from the website containing the link.

   For external website links, it's recommended that New Window is set as the target.  This will ensure you are not encouraging your visitors to move away from your website.

7. Select Create to close the Link window, and create the link.

Menu Link to Document

1. Navigate to the area of the website where you would like to create the document menu link.
2. Select the Create tab.
3. Select the Link icon to open the Link window:
   
4. Enter a title for your link in the Link Text field.  This is the text which will appear in your menu.
5. Select Browse Server to open your website's File Manager:
   
   
6. Navigate to the file you want to link to and select it.
7. Select where you would like the link to open in Open Link In: 
   • New Window - Opens the link in a new tab on your browser.
   • Embedded within the current page - Embeds the link in the current page. This will not function if the link is added to the top-level menu.
   • Open in the current window -  Opens the link in your current tab, moving the user away from the website containing the link.
8. Select Create to close the Link window, and create the link.

Menu Link to Internal Page

1. Navigate to the area of the website where you would like to create the internal menu link.
2. Select the Create tab.
3. Select the Link icon to open the Link window:
   
4. Enter a title for your link in the Link Text field.  This is the text which will appear in your menu.
5. Select Internal Link.
6. The Internal Link window will appear, which contains a sitemap view of your website. Select the small triangle icon to the left of each page to locate the page you would like to link to:
   
7. Select the page. You will return to the Link window.
8. Select where you would like the link to open in Open Link In:
   • New Window - Opens the link in a new tab on your browser.
   • Embedded within the current page - Embeds the link in the current page. This will not function if the link is added to the top-level menu.
   • Open in the current window -  Opens the link in your current tab, moving the user away from the website containing the link. 
9. Select Create to close the Link window, and create the link.

Updated 29 January 2025 10:30