Last updated: January 27, 2023
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This article covers
- How to add a link to an external website in your navigation menu
Video tutorial
Watch a short video tutorial or read the step-by-step.
Step-by-step
An external link section doesn’t contain any content of its own. Instead, it points users to an external website (built outside of T4).
How to add an external link section to your navigation menu
- Go to your site structure.
- In your site structure, navigate to the section that will serve as the parent page of your external link section.
- Note: If you accidentally click on the name of the section, you will need to click on the site structure button to start over.
- Click on the Actions menu, and select Create section.
- Under the General section details, give your section a name. The name you give your section is important. Choose a name that’s clear and descriptive and not too long.
- Check the Mark as link section box. The screen will refresh, an a "Details" tab will appear next to the General tab.
- Click on the Details tab.
- By default, the link type is set to "External URL". This means the link will send users to an external website. Leave that selection.
- Type or paste the link you want into the Link URL field.
- Choose whether the link will Open in a new tab or window (_blank) or Open in the current frame (_self) when users click on it. Most of the time, it’s a better practice to have it open in the current tab.
- Click Save changes.
- Preview your site to make sure the link is working correctly.
TIP: You can only create a link section when setting up a brand new section
Existing sections do not display the Mark as Link Section option. That's because sections that can contain content cannot be converted into Link Sections, and vice versa.
