4. Click OK to complete the link.
Linking to an email address
Sometimes you want people to click on a link and send an email.
1. Click
Link
>
Email Address
.
2. In the dialog box type in the person's email address.
3. Click OK to finish.
Note: It is advisable to encode an email address, to prevent it from being harvested. Contribute
does not have email obfuscation capabilities, so you need to encode the email address before
pasting it to the email dialog box. You can use this:
http://www.wbwip.com/wbw/emailencoder.html
or any other online tool to perform this step.
Linking to a file on your computer
When linking to a file on your computer, Contribute assumes that you want to put file this on the
web site. Therefore, it will make a copy of the file, upload it to the server and make a link to it.
1. Click on
Link
>
File on My Computer
.
2. Click on the Browse button and browse to the file on your computer.
3. Click the Select button to choose the file. The path will show in the file field.
4. Click OK to finish the link. When you publish the page the linked file will be uploaded
along with your Contribute page.
Creating a section anchor in Contribute
A section anchor is an invisible marker placed in your page to mark a specific topic or place. You
can then create links to the anchor that allow website visitors to jump to the specified position in
the page. This is commonly used on pages like glossaries that allow visitors to quickly jump to the
"M" section. You can also make links to other pages by pointing directly to the anchor on the new
page.
1. In Edit mode place the cursor at the point on the page to which you wish to create a link.
2. Click
Insert > Section Anchor
. A dialog will open.
3. Enter the name of the anchor, making it clear and meaningful so that others will
understand what it's marking. For instance, if you are jumping to the 'products' section,
name the anchor products.
4. Click OK to close the dialog. A small globe icon will be added at the cursor point. This will
only be visible in Edit mode. It will not be visible when browsing the web page.
5. Repeat this for each anchor needed.
Note:
Keep in mind when previewing the page that anchors at the bottom of the page may not be
seen if the page is scrollable, and they will jump to the top of the page only if it is a long page with
room to scroll.
Now that the section anchors have been created, you need to link to them:
1. In edit mode highlight the text or element that will be the link.
2. Click the Link button and choose Drafts and Recent Pages.
3. In the dialog that opens choose the page on which you are working. It will be marked as
Current Page.
