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John Mackenzie
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What is it?

This article will show you the steps involved in adding a Site Link to any Article or Contact Center message. A Site Link is a link to any page, file, form, event, etc. within your MC Professional site. An External Link is a link to a site or page located outside of your MC Professional site.

Insert a Site Link

To insert a Site Link, highlight the text (or select the image) where the new link should be applied, then click the "Site Links" button (located directly below the editor window).

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In the popup window, select the item that you wish to link to.site-link-options.png

Site Link Options

There are eight Site Link options:

  • Article: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to any Article/page within your MC Professional site.

  • Community: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to community-related MC Professional system pages. System pages include:

    1. Event Calendar

    2. My Profile

    3. Social Community

    4. View Forum List

  • Menu Item: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to any menu item listed in your navigation menu(s) ,

  • Form: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to any form that is Published on your site. NOTE: If you do not see the form you want to link to here, navigate to Forms > Form List and edit the form to make sure it is in the Published status.

  • Directory Search: This tab allows you to link to directory searches you've created in the Directory tab under Community.
  • File: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to any file or document that is stored in the Media Manager, which is located under the Website tab.

  • Poll: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to any Poll you have set up.

  • Event: This option will allow you to insert a Site Link to any event on your Event Calendar.


Once you've chosen the item to link to, you may configure the options below.

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  • Link Text: Add/Edit the link text (what the hyperlink text will read, ex. Click here).

  • Page Target: Select a page target option (same page = opens in the same page/window; blank page = opens in a new page/window [recommended for files such as PDFs or Docs]).

  • Link URL: The URL is automatically inserted when you choose the content you wish to link to. This should not be changed.

  • Template: Choose whether the item will open with or without your site's template (with template is the default and recommended).

  • Tooltip/Title: Optionally add text for the tooltip/title (will display when the link is hovered).

  • Class: Class is generally not used (refers to a specific style set in the CSS file).

Click "Insert This Link" when finished!

Insert an External Link

This will show you the steps involved in adding a link to a page or website outside of your MC Professional site.

To insert a an External Link, highlight the text (or select the image) where the new link should be applied, then click the "Insert/Edit Link" button located in the 2nd row of the editor's menu bar.

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Next, set the Link Properties:

  1. Enter the desired URL (ex: http://www.memberclicks.com).

  2. Select a target option ("open in new window" is recommended for any documents or pages outside of your MC Professional site).

  3. Add a title (optional, not necessary).

  4. Class is generally not used and refers to a specific style in the CSS file.

Finally, insert the link by clicking the "Insert" button.

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