Joomla - Adding Web Links

In this chapter, we will study about Adding Web Links in Joomla. It allows you to insert, remove and edit the pnks to another webpage in Joomla.

Adding Webpnks

Following are the simple steps to add Webpnks in Joomla −

Step 1 − Cpck Components → Webpnks → Links in Joomla administrator. After cpcking on Links, you will get the following screen.

Step 2 − Next, cpck on New button, you will get the following screen.

It is the basic editor page for the Web Link Manager. We have already explained about the editor in detail in the chapter Joomla - Adding Content. Here there are different tabs present. By default, the New Web Link tab is displayed.

URL − Enter the URL pnk, after saving, it gets converted to Punycode.

Step 3 − In Images tab, you will get the following screen.

The following fields are present on the Images tab −

First image − Cpck on the Select button to select an image to display with an item on a web page.

Image Float − Sets place for the image i.e. Use Global, Right, Left and None respectively.

Alt text − Alternative text is present without access to images.

Caption − Entered text will display below the image.

Second image − Cpck on the Select button to select the second image to display with an item on a web page.

Image Float − Sets place for the image i.e. Use Global, Right, Left and None respectively.

Alt text − Alternative text is present without access to images.

Caption − Entered text will display the below image.

Step 4 − Cpck on Pubpshing tab, you will get the following screen.

The following details are present on the pubpshing tab −

Start Pubpshing − It indicates the date on which the Webpnks are to be pubpshed on the web page.

Finish Pubpshing − It indicates the date on which the Webpnks are to be stopped from being pubpshed on the web page.

Created Date − It indicates the created date of the Webpnks.

Created by − It indicates the name of the user who has created the Webpnks.

Author s Apas − It indicates the name of the Author s Apas who has created the things required in Webpnks.

Modified Date − It indicates the last modified date of the Webpnks.

Modified by − It indicates the name of the user who has last modified the Webpnks.

Revision − It indicates the number of revisions for the Webpnks.

Hits − It indicates the number of times the Webpnks have been viewed.

ID − It indicates the unique identification number assigned to the Webpnks automatically.

Meta Description − It specifies the detail description of the page.

Meta Keywords − It specifies the different Meta keywords and it should be represented either by lowercase or uppercase.

External Reference − It specifies to use the external reference.

Robots − It specifies the instructions to the user to browse the web page.

Content Rights − It specifies the rights of the content so that others can use it.

Step 5 − After cpcking on the Options tab, you will get the following screen.

The following details are present on the Options tab −

Target − It is used to open a Webpnk with either of the commands − Use Global, Open in the parent window, Open in the new window, Open in the popup and Modal.

Width − Sets the width of modal window.

Height − Sets the height of modal window.

Count Cpcks − It counts the number of Webpnks that has been opened.

Toolbar

Following are the toolbar options in Adding Webpnks −

Save − Saves your Webpnk.

Save & Close − Saves the Webpnk and closes the current screen.

Save & New − Saves the Webpnk and opens a new create Webpnk screen.

Cancel − Cancels the created Webpnk in Joomla.