Link to a document or URL

Use this guide to learn how to add a link to a document or URL from your webpage.

Video guide

Step 1: Log in

• Log in to Adobe Experience Manager.

NOTE If linking to a URL, skip Step 2.

Step 2: Upload your file to Assets

• Follow our step-by-step guide to upload your document to Assets.

Step 3: Navigate to Sites

• Navigate to Sites.

Step 4: Locate and edit the page

• Navigate to the page you want to edit. 
• Select the icon to the left of the page. The tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.
• Select Edit in the actions toolbar that appears across the top of your browser.

• You should be in Edit mode, visible near the top right of the page.

Step 5: Add and configure the rich text component

• Select Drag components here.
  
• Select the plus icon.

• Select Rich text editor from the Insert New Component list.

• Select the Rich text editor component.
• Select the spanner icon to edit the component. This is the Configure button. 

• Add the text for your link. 

Option 1 - Link to a document under Assets

• Highlight the text and select the chain icon from the toolbar. This is the Hyperlink button.
  

• In the Path field, select the tick icon to navigate through to the document uploaded under Assets.

• Select the icon to the left of the asset filename. A tick will appear and your selection will turn blue.
• Click on the blue Select button near the top right.

• The path field should now be populated.
  
• Select the blue tick in the bottom right of the pop-up to save the hyperlink changes. 

• Select the tick in the top right to confirm changes to the Rich text component.

• Your page now includes a link to the document under Assets.
  

Option 2 - Link to a URL

• Highlight the text and select the chain icon from the toolbar. This is the Hyperlink button.
  
• In the Path field, paste in the URL of the website you would like to link the text to.
• Select the blue tick in the bottom right of the pop-up to save the hyperlink changes. 
• Select the tick in the top right of the Rich text editor to confirm changes.

Step 6: Publish your page

• For changes to be updated on your live school website you will need to publish the page.
• Select the slider icon in the top left corner. This is the Page Information button.
• Select Publish Page from the drop-down. 
• If you don't see Publish Page you are an Author and will need to select Start Workflow instead. Go to our Author publish a page for more information.

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