Rich Text Links

Adding various types of links in the Rich Text Editor is easy, including:

• Web Page Links - Link to a third-party web address, or page or file published by webCOMAND.
• Jump Links - Jump to a predefined anchor on a web page.
• Email Links - Open a new email composition with a preset To, Cc, Bcc, Subject and/or Body.
• Phone Links - Call a phone number from a smartphone or other capable device or computer.

Web Page Links

To add a web page link:

1. Select the text, image or other element you would like to turn into a link.
2. Click the chain link icon in the toolbar.
3. Enter or copy and paste the URL you would like to link to, or enter one or more keywords to search for pages published by webCOMAND.
   
4. Click "Opens in New Window" to have the link open in a new web browser tab or window.
5. Click OK.

Enter the URL of a third-party web page or any page published by webCOMAND.  URLs for pages published by webCOMAND will be recognized and turn into a summary of the page.

Recognized links are more robust than URLs and will publish correctly if the page's URL changes, and adjust to link to the appropriate staging or production page and variant (e.g. language translation) based on the page it is linked from.

Jump Links

In addition to linking to another web page, you can also link to a specific "anchor" within the current page, or another page.  To do this on your own page, you must first create an anchor.

Create an Anchor

To create an anchor that you can then link to with a jump link:

1. Place the cursor where you would like to add the anchor.
2. Click the flag icon in the toolbar.
3. Enter the anchor name.  Anchor names typically only contain letters, numbers, dashes and underscores, but they can technically include spaces and other characters as well.
4. Click OK.

A red flag icon will appear where the anchor was created.  You can double-click the flag to edit the Anchor Name, or right-click to Edit or Remove the anchor.

Link to an Anchor

To link to an anchor on the same page:

1. Select the text, image or other element you would like to turn into a jump link.
2. Click the chain link icon in the toolbar.
3. Enter the anchor name with a hash (#) symbol at the start.  For example, "#section1".
4. Click OK.

You can also enter the URL or search for the current page and then click Show options and select the anchor from drop-down list of anchors discovered on the page.

To link to an anchor on another page:

1. Select the text, image or other element you would like to turn into a jump link.
2. Click the chain link icon in the toolbar.
3. Enter or copy and paste the URL you would like to link to, or search for a page published by webCOMAND.
4. Click Show options select or enter the anchor in the Anchor (#) field.  The drop-down will automatically load all anchors discovered at the web page.
5. Click OK.

Email Links

To create a link that will open a new email composition with a preset To, Cc, Bcc, Subject and/or Body:

1. Select the text, image or other element you would like to turn into an email link.
2. Click the chain link icon in the toolbar.
3. Click the Email tab at the top.
   
4. Enter the To email address.
5. Optionally, Show options and enter additional fields you would like to be preset.
6. Click OK.

Phone Links

To create a link that will call a phone number from a smartphone or other capable device:

1. Select the text, image or other element you would like to turn into an email link.
2. Click the chain link icon in the toolbar.
3. Click the Phone tab at the top.
   
4. Enter the To email address.
5. Optionally, Show options and enter additional fields you would like to be preset.
6. Click OK.

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