Creating text links

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Creating text links

Last updated January 27, 2025 14:56

Add a hyperlink in your site's copy.

You can add a link in most text on your site. Use text links to link visitors to more information within bodies of text, like related pages in text blocks, phone numbers or email addresses on contact pages, or an artist's website in an image caption.

Watch a video

This video applies to version 7.1.

Add a text link

To add a text link:

1. Add a text block or click into a text box.
2. Enter the text for your link.
3. Highlight the text you want to link.
4. Click the link icon in the text toolbar or use a keyboard shortcut to open the link editor.
5. In the link editor that appears, you can enter an external web address under URL, or select another option like File, Email, or Phone.

Follow the steps in Adding links to your site to link to:

• Email addresses
• External sites or pages
• Files
• Pages or content on your site
• Phone numbers

Where to add text links

You can add text links to the following areas on your site:

• Text blocks
• Image block captions
• Markdown blocks
• Announcement bars
• Blog post excerpts
• Cookie banners
• Event excerpts
• Lock screens
• Product descriptions
• Promotional pop-ups

How text links display

Your site's text link display depends on your site's version.

• Version 7.1
• Version 7.0

Text links are always underlined.

Here's how linked text appears on your site in these template families:

More options

• You can add anchor links that jump to specific areas on a page.
• For a more visual link, add an image clickthrough URL.

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