This article will show you how to direct News Flash items, including item title, image, RSS, and "Read On..." links in News Flash widgets, Module screens, and notifications to point to any Web Address on your site or external Web Address without users first having to visit the News Flash item.
Important Note:
This option is default-true.
Who can use this feature?
System Administrator | Owner
Instructions
Navigate to Modules and on the Content tab, select News Flash:
Select the desired category:
Click Add Item or edit an existing item
Fill out the Link fields
Web Address: Enter a URL, either to your site or to an external web address
Note:
This option is item-based, so the link will use the web address on all News Flash widgets and the Alert Bar for this item.
Display Text: Enter display text for the web address. This is the text that users will click on to visit the web address
Open in new window: Select to open the web address in a new window
Link item, image, read on, RSS and notifications to this Web Address: Check this box to redirect to the web address. This will make your news item an external link to your specified web address and will not link to the item’s details page.
Note:
If you do not check this option, the link will not be applied to the News Flash item, image, "Read On...", RSS, and notifications elements.
You could also add a link to the Full Text field
Complete other fields as needed to Add or Modify an item
Scroll up and click Save or Save and Publish:
Save: Saves the current changes without publishing them to the front end
Save and Publish: Saves the current changes and publishes them to the front-end site
Item titles, images, "Read on..." text, and notifications will now link to the web address:
Note:
Display Text and Image will both link to the web address field under the Link section of the News Flash item, but links placed within the editor or anywhere else in the item will not.