Adding link(s) to an Article

There are two ways to add link(s) to an article in the new version of our website. The old way was to click on the Edit Tab, then click on the [links] element on the Edit Article window. This is still true with the new version.

The new way is much simpler and easier. Here are the steps:

1. Sign into our website and go to the article you want to add link (s).
2. First thing to do is to “unpublished” the article. To achieve this, click on State: Published located at the far right of the light green row of the View tab. Choose Retract from the drop down menu. This will revert the article into Public Draft status which would allow you to edit the article.
   
3. Notice something different from the previous version? With the new version, you don’t need to click on the Edit tab to add elements to your article anymore.  The elements can be added directly to the View tab.
   
4. Click on Manage links to add a link(s). The same concept as the previous version, you can add link(s) by either Upload links or Browse server links.
   
   1. Upload links – use this if you have outside links (i.e. google.com, yahoo.com) or if you want to manually add the link.
   2. Browse server links – use this for in-house links. This could be easily take a long time since you are going through the whole site to look for the link you wanted.

Note: Be careful when adding links. It is recommended that you open the link on another browser to make sure it is the right link. Then do a copy and paste instead of retyping the web address of the site you wanted.

1. To use Upload Link
   1. Click on Upload links to open the Upload links window
      
   2. Add the title and the URL of the site that you want to add to your article. The Description field is optional.
      
   3. Once you have all the fields, click on the Ok button.  The window will indicate that the link has been successfully added to your article.
      
   4. Repeat the process if you have more links to add. When you are done, click on the X button located at the top right of the Upload links Window
      
   5. The last thing to do is to click on the X button on the Article itself to save the added link into the Article.
      
   6. Congratulations! You have successfully added a link to an Article

1. To use Browse server links:
   1. Click on the Browser server links to open the Browse server links window
      
   2. Navigate to the section of the site you want to link to. For this example, I want to link back to the Help Folder. Click on the chain with the folder icon located next to the name of the item. Plone will automatically add the link to the Article.
   3. When you are done, click on the X button located at the top right of the Browse server links window
      
   4. The last thing to do is to click on the X button on the Article itself to save the added link into the Article
2. After you save your changes, you will need to publish the article only if you are working on a department site. You may skip this step if you are working on your own personal site.
   Why do I need to publish? Only published works are searchable by our search tool. And also for security reason.
   1. To publish the article, click on the State: Public draft link located at the right side of the light green row on the View tab.
   2. This will open a drop down menu. Click on Publish.
      
   3. Congratulations! You just learn how to add a link to an article