Link Manager

What is Link Manager?

What do I need to know about URLs?

Important note for absolute links in emails and autoresponders

What is Link Manager?

Link Manager is a task that identifies and displays all URLs on your Luminate Online site, including internal links within your Luminate site, or external links.

After scanning your site, Link Manager displays links in a table. Links for websites, images, videos, and CSS files display with options to either View where the link is located in your configuration, or Edit the link.

Use the results to identify http:// URLs that you must update to https://.

What do I need to know about URLs?

URLs can take various forms:

  • Hyperlinks are visible to users and navigate the user to a specific location.

  • Images are visual elements that display to users.

  • Resource files include JavaScript or CSS libraries that contribute to your site’s functionality and appearance.

URLs fall into two categories:

  • Absolute destinations: These URLs contain the complete address, including the protocol (such as, http) and the domain (such as, www.mynonprofit.org). Typically, these URLs point to external places.

  • Relative destinations: These URLs don't include the protocol or domain; they just point to internal spots on the same site.

Focus on absolute destinations that link to locations on your Luminate site.

Important note for absolute links in emails and autoresponders

If an absolute link is in an email or autoresponder, keep the absolute destination instead of changing it to a relative destination.

For absolute links in emails or autoresponders:

  • Only change the portion before /site/

  • Replace the nonsecure protocol and domain with the secure protocol and domain. For example, change "http://www.mynonprofit.org/site/PageServer?pagename=startpage" to "https://secure.mynonprofit.org/site/PageServer?pagename=startpage"

  • Note that secure URLs on sites that use the standard secure domain will include the site shortname, like https://secure2.convio.net/my_org_shortname/site/PageServer?pagename=startpage. Keep this in your URL.

The secure domain and path will be different for every site, so be sure to use the correct domain and path for your site.

The easiest way to identify the correct secure domain is to go to any donation form on your site and look at the URL, because all donation forms are always served securely. The part of the URL you will change is the part before the /site/Donation2 in the URL for a donation form.