Links
3.0 Links
3.1 Create a link to another website
3.5 Creating and Using Anchors
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Links - Create Link to File
3.2 Create a link to a file
1. To create a link to a file from within your page, be sure you are on the Edit tab of your page.
2. You will see the Body box with all of your page's content in it (or an empty Body box if this is a new page).
3. Highlight the text you would like to use as the link to the file.
4. Now select the Insert/Edit Link button.
5. This will bring up the Insert/Edit Link dialog box.
6. To create the link to the file, select the Browse button in the dialog box.
7. This will bring up your File Browser. From here, you can either select an existing file on the system to link to, or you can upload a new file to link to. It will look similar to the image below. However, please note it will not look the same. Each website may or may not have their own file folders designated, and of course, if a file has never been uploaded into your system, there will not be any files to display.
8. Either scroll through the existing list and find the name of the file you are looking for, or upload a new file to link to.
To Upload a New File:
a. Select the Upload button in the upper left corner of the File Browser window.
WARNING: File names cannot have spaces in them or they will not upload and link properly. Before uploading your files, please remove spaces from the file name and replace them with periods, underscores, or dashes. We also recommend replacing capital letters in file names with lower case letters.
b. Several new buttons will appear. Click the Browse button and then select the file from your computer to upload.
c. Click Upload (the button to the right of the Browse button) to finish the file upload process. Your file will be uploaded and in the bottom right hand corner, a link will be generated.
9. Be sure your desired file is selected in the File Browser, and then click Send to tinyMCE.
10. The file address will appear in the top field of the Insert/Edit Link dialog box. Click Insert. The text you selected on your webpage should appear orange if the file has been linked correctly.
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Links - Create Link to Website
3.0 Links
3.1 Create a link to another website
1. To create a link from within your page, be sure you are on the Edit tab of your page.
2. You will see the Body box with all of your page's content in it (or an empty Body box if this is a new page).
3. Highlight the text you would like to use as the link.
4. Now select the Insert/Edit Link button.
5. This will bring up the Insert/Edit Link dialog box.
6. To link to another website, enter the website address of the page you are linking to in the Link URL box. Click the Insert button to complete the linking process.
7. Your linked text will turn orange, indicating you have correctly inserted a new link.
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Links - Edit an Existing Link
3.3 Edit an existing link
1. Locate your desired page and be sure you are on the Edit tab. Click on the link that you wish to edit. When you do this, notice that both the Insert/Edit Link button and the Unlink button darken.
2. Click the Insert/Edit Link button.
3. The Insert/Edit Link dialog box will appear, with the current link showing in the link URL field. If this link is to a file, then the URL to the file will show. Either manually change the URL in the Link URL text box to direct to your new URL, or click the File Browser button and link to your new file. If you are unsure of how to link to a file, please see section 3.2.
4. Click the Update button.
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Links - Unlink
3.4 Remove (unlink) an existing link
1. Be sure you are on the Edit tab and then click on the link you wish to remove. When you do this, notice that both the Insert/Edit Link button and the button to the right of it darken.
2. Click the Unlink button.
3. If done correctly, the linked text will no longer be orange, indicating that there is no longer an active link.
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Links - Creating and Using Anchors
Anchors are a useful way to create an easier navigation of pages with a large amount of website or files linked in them. Use anchors to make it easy to jump from section to section on a page serving as a repository.
1. Place your cursor next to the item you want anchored to.
2. Click the button with an anchor on it. 
3. Enter a small name for the anchor section. i.e. For the Lorem Ipsum section, the anchor name of lorem-ipsum would be sufficient, or, loremipsum. Something similar to what you would have in a URL.
4. Make sure you click the insert button to complete the first step. If you followed these steps properly, a small icon of an anchor will show up where your cursor was.
5. Highlight the text you want to link to the anchor. That is, select the text that you want to be able to click to connect with the content you placed the anchor by.
6. Now click the link button. This button looks like two links of a chain.
7. In the Link URL field, enter the # sign and the anchor name you previously entered. For example, if you chose lorem-ipsum as the name of the anchor earlier, you would enter #lorem-ipsum in the Link URL field.
8. Click the insert button to complete the insertion process of an anchor. The text will turn orange, like a usual link.
