How do I make a link?
There are three ways in which you can ad links to your website:
First of all, make sure you are logged in to your site and that you start from your "Preview Page".
Here is a video on how to log in to your website and how to navigate to your Preview Page from anywhere within your site.
To create links on your Simplesite, follow the instructions below and check out the step-by-step video guide:
1. Create a Link page
- Click on "Add a page”
- In the list of templates, go to the column called "Others" and choose "Links"
- Now your page has been created! You can add content to it by clicking on “Edit this page”
- When done, do not forget to press "Save and view changes"
2.1 Create links in text (external)
- Find the page you want to add the link to and click on "Edit this page"
- Once inside, find the section of text where you want to create the link. Note: You can only insert links in text sections of your website
- Here, you can write the text that will be converted into a link. Select the text you typed and press the "Insert external link" icon located in the toolbar of the text editor window (it is the button with the chain icon - ∞)
- A pop-up window called “Write your link” has now opened. Enter your link here and tick the box “Open in new window” if you would like the link to open in a new window. If you do not tick this box, the link will open in the same window
- When finished, do not forget to press "Save and view changes"
- Please note that you have to enter your link with http:// If you do not, the link will not work correctly.
2.2 Create links in text (internal)
- Find the page you want to add the link to and click on "Edit this page"
- Once inside, find the section of text where you want to create the link. Note: You can only insert links in text sections or on the links pages of your website
- Here, you can write the texts that will be converted into links. Select the text you typed and click on the "Insert link" icon located in the toolbar of the text editor window (it's the button with the page and the chain icon - ∞)
- A dropdown menu will now open in which you can choose the page you would like to link to
- When finished, do not forget to press “Save and view changes”
3. Create a mailto link
- Find the page you want to add the link to and click on "Edit this page"
- Once inside, find the section of text where you want to add the mailto
- Simply type in the email address and end with a space. E.g. name@domain.com
- When finished, do not forget to press "Save and view changes"