Link elements are used to provide a way for someone to 'link', or jump to another
web page from your memorial.
In the examples below you will be brought to another web page. To return to this help
page just click on the 'back' button in your web browser.
This is a link to yahoo.com
This is a link to memoriam.org that is centered
Links can also be used to enable someone to send an email. The following is a link
that when clicked on will allow you to email the administrator of the Memoriam.org
web site.
click here to email the administrator
To create a new link, locate an Element Creation Box where you want the link to be
positioned. By default the paragraph option is shown. Click on 'paragraph', which will
display a list of all the possible elements that can be created. Click on 'link'
and it will be shown in place of the default paragraph option. With 'link' selected,
click on the 'insert new' button.
the Element Creation Box with 'link' selected
The page will reload showing the words 'insert link' in bold text at the top.
creating a link
Near the top of the page is a small button with the word 'centered' beside it. If you
click on the small button and a check mark is shown, the link will be centered in your
memorial.
Below the small button is the link text field. This is where you enter the text that will be
highlighted and can be clicked on.
Below the link text field is the URL field. This is where you enter the web address
where the link will send someone who clicks on the link. It has a default value of
'http://', which must be the first part of a web address, otherwise the link
will not work.
If instead you want to create a link that sends an email then it must start with
'mailto:' and end with an email address.
The following is an example on how to create a link to the yahoo.com web site. It will
produce a link just like the one at the top of this help page.
example link creation to yahoo.com
The following is an example on how to create a link to email the administrator at Memoriam.org.
It will produce a link just like the one at the top of this help page.
example email link creation
Below the URL field are three buttons. The first, labeled 'cancel' is used to abort
the creation of the new link.
The second button, labeled 'reset input' will clear the link text field, set the URL field
back to the default 'http://' and clear the check mark of the centered button.
The last button, labeled 'create' will create the link. Your new link will be placed
exactly where the Element Creation Box was located (where you clicked on 'insert').
The link will be located inside a yellow box, called the 'Link Change Box'. See below
for more information on making changes to an existing link.
If the link did not get created and you clicked on the 'create' button
please see the trouble shooting page for more help.
