Linking Documents in an Editor Widget

This article will show you how to post a link to a document on a page with the Editor Widget.

Who can use this feature?

System Administrators | Owners | Publishers | Authors*

*Authors can only edit unpublished pages.

Instructions

1. Sign in to your site.

2. Navigate to your desired page.

3. Make sure that Live Edit is toggled to ON:

   

4. Add an Editor widget to your page, if needed:

5. Click inside the Editor widget you want to create your link in:

   

6. Add and highlight the text you want to turn into a document link:

   

   Note:

   There are 2 ways to add text to turn into a document link:

   • Link Existing Text: Highlight text already in your content, such as a sentence or phrase, that you want to turn into a document link

   • Type New Text: Click where you want the link to appear, type the text you want, then highlight that text to use as the link

7. Click the Insert Document Link button on the Editor widget toolbar:

   

8. Locate the folder that contains the document you want to link:

   

9. Locate the document you want to use and click the Insert button:

   

10. Review the link text if you already selected it, or enter the link text you want in the Text field, including the correct document extension:

    

    • Open in New Tab: Click this checkbox to open your document in a new tab (recommended)

11. Click the Insert button in the Insert Document Link dialog box:

    

12. Click the Done Editing button to exit the Editor widget and view your link:

    

13. Click a Save option:

    

    • Save: Saves all page changes

    • Save As Copy: Saves page changes as a copy of the current page

Link to a Specific Page of a PDF

To set a link to open to a specific page of a PDF file, add #page=[pagenumber] to the end of the link's URL.

Example: HTTPS://12.civic.place/DocumentCenter/View/37323/VolunteerApplicationPDF#page=3

Resources

• Copy a Document Link