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Inserting a link to an external website page.

A link to an external website is a link to any page that is not part of your website in the School Website Service.

• Highlight the text that you would like to turn into a link.

• Click the 'Insert link' on the text wizard toolbar

• Type in the URL (excluding the http://)

• Click on the ‘Search’ button.

This will ensure that no link to the page already exists.

• Click on the ‘Create’ button.

You are now shown a New Link popup box for link properties.

Leave the group as the default setting (nnnn-schoolname, where nnnn is the school’s DfES number).

If you change the group you may not be able to use the link.

• Accept the defaults and click ‘Apply’.

The text wizard now shows the text with the link applied.

Using a link to an external website page that already exists

• Highlight the text that you would like to turn into a link.

• Click the ‘Insert link’ on the text wizard toolbar

• Type in the URL (excluding the http://)

• Click on the ‘Search’ button.

The existing link to the page will be displayed.  

• Choose it by clicking on it

• Click ‘OK’.

The text wizard now shows the text with the link applied.

To remove an external link

• Highlight the linked text.

• The ‘Insert link’ icon will appear depressed (not unhappy – pressed down!).

• Click the ‘Insert link’ icon.

The link is now removed.

However, the link remains in the database to be reused at a later date.