Drupal CMS: Hyperlinks

Learn to work with hyperlinks, email links and anchors in Drupal.

Before you start

When editing use Chrome, Firefox or Safari but NOT Internet Explorer

Instructions

Drupal uses hyperlinks to create links to web pages, email and anchors. Each will be described separately.

There are 2 types of hyperlinks: internal and external:
Internal hyperlinks link to pages inside the website. External links link to pages outside the website.

external links as well as email and anchor links

unlink i.e. remove any type of link

internal link: always use when linking to pages within the site because if a page title is changed, the links will not be broken because the link is based on the node number rather that the alias / page title.

Tip

If you want to show a number of links in a piece of text - these are called 'inline links' - it is advisable to use a bulleted list. Users don't like reading text with lots of links and are likely to click on any link in the text in order leave the page.

How NOT to do it:
The department works closely together with the Institute of Neurology, the UCL School of Pharmacy and also has close links with the University of Amsterdam and Peking University.

How to do it:
The department works closely together with the Institute of Neurology, the UCL School of Pharmacy and also has close links with the University of Amsterdam and Peking University.

Internal link to a web page

Highlight the relevant text
Click on the Internal link icon (the one with the +)
Type the relevant text to search for the link
When found, click on 'insert link'

External link to a web page

Highlight the relevant text
Click on the hyperlink icon
Make sure the Link Type says 'URL'
Type or paste the address - if you type it, you can leave out the http://
Click on OK

External link to an email

Highlight the relevant text
Click on the hyperlink icon
Make sure the Link Type says 'Email'
Type the email address
Add the message subject if relevant
Add the message body if relevant
Click on OK

External link to an anchor

In order to make an anchor link, you must have created the anchor first.

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