5  Create links

The master manager can create navigation bar and site links, card, catalog and gallery links, and related articles and sites for subsites and articles.

While all these types of links are displayed in differing ways, they are all defined in exactly the same way on the Links page. The drilling down for internal links at step 2 is also applicable for supplying links for the link element during article editing. For such links, the text is supplied when rendered, though alternate text can be specified in its element block, and the drill-down includes being able to select fragments within articles as well.

This procedure can also be used to edit the required or optional links for many elements, such as a link, citation or glossary entry, as well as for selecting the sources articles for an article's content.

For links to other Smallsite Design sites, a /-/ at the end of the URL's path will be replaced with the locale, and the current accessibility setting added, allowing language and accessibility continuity for visitors. Must be before any query or fragment. This also works for inline links.

Steps△

The role to perform this procedure is: Master manager.

To create links:1Open the editing page⬒︎by:

1. a.For subsite or article links, by clicking one of the jumps in the Link type column of the Links to section on the Subsite or Article head pages.
2. b.For elements within an article, clicking its hover button in its Article body page.
3. c.For other elements with a link, open their management page.
4. d.For sources for an article, clicking on the Sources link near the top of the Article body page.

For other management pages that have a link field, the Target row will look similar.

2Show available choices⬒︎

by clicking the ☰ button to modify, or the ✚ in the last row to add.

For an element's single link, the ending columns are not shown. If the link is optional, such as for citation or glossary entry elements, a Remove button will be shown after the Save button.

3For an internal link, select the target⬒︎

by expanding any checkboxes required, and then clicking on the target article or category.

4For an external link, specify the target⬒︎

by typing into the Text and URL fields, then clicking the Save button.

5If available and required, add or update more links⬒︎

by repeating step 2 to step 4 for each.

6If required when more than one link, reorder⬒︎

by performing:

6-1If more than three links, select the move size⬒︎

Click on a Move by option.

6-2Move the link⬒︎

by clicking the ▲ (up) or ▼ (down) button for the link.

The link is moved to its new position with the clicked button highlighted.

6-3If required, move the link again⬒︎by one of:

1. a.Pressing the Enter | return key to move in the same direction by one place.
2. b.Clicking the highlighted button to move in the same direction by one place.

6-4If required, move another link⬒︎

by repeating this step.

7If required, delete links⬒︎by:

1. a.If for subsite or article Linked to sets, for each link, clicking the ✘ checkbox in the ✘ column of the link's row, then clicking the resulting ✔ button.
2. b.For an optional link for an element, whether internal or external, clicking the External radio button, then clicking the Remove button.
3. c.For a Sources link, clicking the Remove button at the end of the item.

The changes made are:

1. a.If for subsite or article Linked to sets, for each link, the row is removed.
2. b.For an optional link for an element, the Target row value is replaced with a –.
3. c.For a Sources link, the item is removed.
4. d.For an internal link, the current element will no longer appear in the target element's Linked from table.

8Return to the owning page⬒︎

by clicking the owning entity's ID jump at the start of navigation bar.