Linking to other web pages in your blog entry

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You can create hyperlinks to other web page URL from the Article Body or Photo Description area on your Post page.

 

To link to another web page's URL

 
1.Locate a web page for which you want to create a link in your blog entry.

 

2.To copy the web page URL, select the web page address that appears in the address bar above the web page, and press CTRL+C on your keyboard:

 

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3.Open the Post tab on the Publisher Control Panel, select the type of blog entry (Article, Photo, etc.) you want to create, and begin entering information for your article, review or photos posting.

 

4.In the Article Body or Photo Description area of the Post page, type your article or photo description and select the phrase that you want to use as the hyperlink to the web site. An example of selected text is shown in the graphic below:

 

 

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5.Click the hyperlink button richtext058 on the toobar above the text box. The Explorer User Prompt dialog box opens:

 

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6.Click inside the text box, and then press CTRL+V to paste the URL you had earlier copied from your browser address bar.

 

7.Click OK to close the dialog box. When a reader views the blog entry, the hyperlink is underlined, to indicate to the reader that it is a hyperlink:

 

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Note: If you are using the hyperlink feature for the first time, a message pop-up appears, warning that you must have a URL already selected to copy into the dialog box. Click OK to close the message box and complete steps 6 and 7.