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Linking to a new page

You can create a link to a new web page on your website--that is, you can create a link to a new page that Contribute creates at the same time that it creates the link.

Note: The new page appears on your website when you publish the draft with the link.

For example, suppose you are working on a page listing your products and need to create a link to a product page that doesn’t exist yet. Contribute lets you create the new page and link to it before you add content to the page.

The preferred way to add a new page to your website is to create a link and the new page at the same time, and then add content later. (The other way to add a new page to your website is to create the page first, then link it later. For more information, see Creating or copying a page on your website).

It’s a good idea to create a link to a new page at the same time you create the new page. This way, you don’t have to remember to link to the page later, and you ensure that users will be able to navigate to the page on your website.

To create a link to a new page:

  1. In your draft, do one of the following to indicate where the link will appear:
  2. Do one of the following to open the Insert Link dialog box:
  3. Click the Create New Page button (Windows) or New Page button (Macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected.
  4. The bottom half of the dialog box changes.

  5. Enter link text in the Link text text box, if you did not select text or an image in your draft.
  6. This is the text a website visitor clicks to go to another page.

    Note: This text box is not available if you selected text or an image in the draft.

  7. If you have multiple websites, and want to create the new page in a website other than the current one, select another website in the Create new page from section.
  8. Note: If you don’t have permission to edit files in the folder you select, then Contribute saves the new page in the first folder you can edit for that website. If you cannot edit any folders in the website, then you cannot create a new page for that website.

  9. In the Create new page from section, do one of the following:
  10. Enter a title for the new page in the New page title text box.
  11. This title appears in the browser title bar when a website visitor views the page; it does not appear on the page itself.

  12. To set advanced options, do one of the following to expand the dialog box, then set the options you want.
  13. Click OK.
  14. Contribute adds the link to your draft, then opens the new page in the Contribute editor.

    Note: Contribute automatically saves the new page in the same folder as the draft that links to it (unless you selected another website in step 5). When you publish your draft, Contribute also publishes the new page. You can change the folder location for the new page then if you need to.

    Tip: To return to the page where you inserted the link, click its title in the Pages panel.


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