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External Links

External links point to pages that live outside the Ingeniux site. To create an external link, you need to provide the address of the targeted page and the text to be used for the link itself.

To insert an external link:

Navigate to Site > Site Tree.
Choose one of the following steps:
- Select a page containing the XHTML editor in the Site Tree. Ensure the page is checked out.
- Select an element that allows links (e.g., link element).
Select the text that will serve as the starting point of the link.
Click the Insert/edit link icon. The Insert/Edit Link dialog displays.
Select External in the Link To area.
Enter the link to the external target page in the External field.
Optional: Enter information about where the link will send the user in the Title field.
Note
Hover over the inserted link to view the title. This information is the value of the title attribute in the HTML source.
In the Target drop-down list, select Open in this window/frame to open the linked page in the current window or Open in new window/frame to open it in a new window.
Optional: Select a class to classify your link in the Class drop-down list. NoteThis information is the value of the class attribute in the HTML source.
Click Insert.