Linking to a new page

You can create a link to a new web page on your website--that is, you can create a link to a new page that Contribute creates at the same time that it creates the link.

Note: The new page appears on your website when you publish the draft with the link.

For example, suppose you are working on a page listing your products and need to create a link to a product page that doesn't exist yet. Contribute lets you create the new page and link to it before you add content to the page.

The preferred way to add a new page to your website is to create a link and the new page at the same time, and then add content later. (The other way to add a new page to your website is to create the page first, and then link it later. For more information, see Creating or copying a page on your website.)

It's a good idea to create a link to a new page at the same time you create the new page. This way, you don't have to remember to link to the page later, and you ensure that users will be able to navigate to the page on your website.

To create a link to a new page:

1. In your draft, do one of the following to indicate where the link will appear:
   • Place the insertion point in the draft.
   • Select text in the draft.
   • Select an image in the draft.
2. Do one of the following to open the Insert Link dialog box:
   • Click the Link button in the toolbar, and then select Create New Page.
   • Select Insert > Link > Create New Page.
   • Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), and then select Insert Link.

   The Insert Link dialog box appears.

   
   
   

3. Click the Create New Page button (Windows) or New Page button (Macintosh) at the top of the dialog box, if it is not already selected.

   The bottom half of the dialog box changes.

4. Complete the dialog box.

   For more information, see Completing the Create New Page section of the Insert Link dialog box.

5. Click OK.

   Contribute adds the link to the draft, and then opens the new page in the Contribute editor. To return to the draft where you added the link, click the draft title in the Pages panel.

   Note: Contribute automatically saves the new page in the same folder as the draft that links to it (unless you selected another website). When you publish your draft, Contribute also publishes the new page. You can change the folder location for the new page then if you need to.

Related topics

• Linking to a draft or a recently published page on your website
• Linking to a page on your website or on another website
• Linking to an e-mail address
• Linking to a file on your computer

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