External Linking

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An External link is a link to some web page or address outside of your own web site.  The most common external link is a link to another web site from your own.

 

To create an External link

 

1. Use your left navigation menu to go and select Site Menu

 

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2. Find the Add Menu Item form. It should be at the top of the page and look like this:

 

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3. Enter the Menu Item Label

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4. Choose External Link in the Link To drop box:

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5. Enter the full link path in the following text field (example below is a link to yahoo.com):

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We suggest that you open external links in a new window so that people aren't forced to leave your site as they will have two windows open, your site and the external site.

 

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6. Using the Parent Item menu, choose the Parent item you wish to place your new menu item under.

 

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7. Choose the Place After menu button.  Choose <Place First> if you would like this item at the top of the list. Choosing <Place First> will make it the FIRST item in the Sub-menu

 

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Play around with the Place After option to get a feel for how to reorder your buttons

 

8. Click the clip0041 button to add the menu item.