How do I make a navigation link to another part of the Web site?

Do you need a link in the grey navigation box in the upper right corner of your page that goes...somewhere else? Not to one of your subpages? Or maybe to one of your DEEP subpages? Regardless of where, you can add a link to your navigation box that goes "somewhere else."

To link to a Web page:

  1. Navigate in CMS so that you're looking at the subpages that appear in the grey navigation box where you want your link to appear.
  2. Click the Add New Page to... link at the top of the list. Your new page will be added to the list as a subpage in this section.
  3. On the Navigation tab, enter the text you want to be displayed in the grey navigation box. Remember to keep it short and use ampersands (&) if necessary.
  4. You can leave the URL field blank unless you have a specific URL in mind for the last section of the page address.
  5. Click on the Template tab or click the Next Step button.
  6. Scroll to the bottom of the Template tab screen until you see option number three: Page Link.
  7. Select the External Link option and type or paste in the full URL for the page you want your link to go to, including the http://.
  8. If your target page is outside of your section of the university Web site, you may want to use the drop-down to the right of the URL field to designate the link to open in a new browser window.
  9. Click on the Content tab or click the Next Step button. Nothing will display on the Content tab since you have designated the Page Link on the Template tab, but now you can click the Save and Publish button to proceed.

To link to a document:

If the document has already been uploaded on another page in your site:

  1. Go check that page out in the CMS.
  2. On the Content tab, find the document in the right-side Resources box listing. Right-click on the document and choose Properties from the context menu that appears.
  3. Highlight the full URL for the document in the Properties window that appears. Copy the highlighted text and then close the Properties window.
  4. Navigate in CMS so that you're looking at the subpages that appear in the grey navigation box where you want your link to appear.
  5. Click the Add New Page to... link at the top of the list. Your new page will be added to the list as a subpage in this section.
  6. On the Navigation tab, enter the text you want to be displayed in the grey navigation box. Remember to keep it short and use ampersands (&) if necessary. You may want to consider a notation at the end of the Navigation Title that warns people what type of document they're getting, such as (PDF), (DOC), or (XLS).
  7. You can leave the URL field blank unless you have a specific URL in mind for the last section of the page address.
  8. Click on the Template tab or click the Next Step button.
  9. Scroll to the bottom of the Template tab screen until you see option number three: Page Link.
  10. Select the External Link option and paste in the copied URL for the document. 
  11. For documents, it is recommended that you use the drop-down to the right of the URL field to designate the link to open in a new browser window.
  12. Click on the Content tab or click the Next Step button. Nothing will display on the Content tab since you have designated the Page Link on the Template tab, but now you can click the Save and Publish button to proceed.