Edit Link Set Properties

Property Description
Link Set

Do one of the following:

  • Choose an existing link set from the menu. The links display in the Selected Links box.
  • Choose New Link Set and create a new link set using the tool icons for the Selected Links box.
Title Title of the link set you selected in the Link Set drop-down list. Or enter a brief, unique title if you are creating a new link set (for example, Child Welfare-Federal Agencies Link Set). Select the Display the title? option to display the title to site visitors on a live page. Otherwise, it is used internally only.
Description Optional; Website Administrator only) For internal administrative use only, provide additional description or context for this link set or navigation menu.
Stylesheet

Select a stylesheet from the menu to apply to this link set or navigation menu, controlling how it will display on a live page. The menu includes any stylesheet(s) assigned by your Website Administrator to any component that uses links.

Note: If no stylesheets are assigned, the Stylesheet menu does not display.
Selected Links

Displays the link items in this link set or navigation menu, in the order they will display on the live page. Edit as follows:

  1. To add internal links from your own website, select a folder or an individual item in the left pane to link to. You can also select another folder from the drop-down menu, such as the root folder of the site. Click the Add Link icon Add link icon CMS. (The icon only displays when something is selected.) Your selection is added to Selected Menu Items on the right.
  2. To add an external link, click Add External Link (see details below).
  3. Use the blue up up arrow blue and down down arrow blue arrows to change the order of the links.
  4. Use the blue left left arrow blue and right right arrow blue arrows to create nested links, or submenus. Cascade the links in the order and nesting level (if any) that you want them to display. How deeply you can nest links depends on how your baseline site is configured by . An error displays if you try to add a level beyond the maximum. (Please contact your Account Manager if you want to increase the nesting levels.)
  5. Click the Edit Link icon Edit link icon CMS to change the Title or URL of a selected link.
  6. Click the Delete Link icon Delete link icon CMS to delete a selected link.

Note: When you move or delete a link, all child links are moved or deleted as well. When you edit a link, on the other hand, only the selected link can be edited, not the child links. To edit any of the child links, you must select each one individually and click Edit.
Add External Link Click to add an external link from another site to this link set or navigation menu. In the dialog that opens, enter a Title to identify the link to site visitors, and insert the full target URL. For instance, you can enter the Title Take Action and the URL http://action.yourorg.org/. Click OK. The external link with its public-facing Title is added to Selected Menu Items.
Add Label Click to add a simple text Label (no link) to the link set or navigation menu. For instance, you may wish to label link subsets within your link set.
Search Click to search for a specific file (to use in your link set or navigation menu), using parameters such as keyword, publication date, or selected folders only. A minimized version of the Website Explorer Advanced Search dialog displays.