Links & Anchors

Add a link from your page to another page, section, or file (for example, PDF) in your Omni CMS website or to an external web page as follows:

1. While editing an editable region, select the text or image to display as a link.
2. Click Insert/Edit Link in the What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) toolbar to open the "Insert/Edit Link" box.

   

3. In the "URL" field, paste the external web address or click the File Chooser next to this field. 
   • From file chooser, navigate through folders in your Omni CMS site.
     • Search an auxiliary site or other environment, using the dropdown.
   • Click the file to link.
   • Click Insert.
4. In the "Title" field, enter the name of the page to which you are linking.
   • "Title" text appears when someone hovers over the link and is used by screen readers. This is important to meet accessibility compliance standards.
5. Set the "Open link in..." field to Current Window or New Window, using the dropdown.
6. Click Save.

Adding Anchors

Add an anchor to a page, as follows:

1. Navigate to Content > Pages.
2. In the file structure, locate the page to which you want to add the anchor.
3. Click the file name for the page.
4. Open the editable region where you want to insert the anchor.
5. Place your cursor in the content where you want the anchor to be.
6. In the What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) toolbar, click the Anchor icon.

   

7. Enter a name for your anchor.
   • Do not use spaces or add "#" before the name.
8. Click Save.
9. Your anchor has now been created, and you should see an anchor icon in the text (this will not appear on the live page).

Linking to Anchors

1. Navigate to Content > Pages.
2. In the file structure, locate the page to which you want to add the anchor.
   • This can be the same page where the anchor was inserted or a different page.
3. Click the file name for the page.
4. Open the editable region where you want to insert the anchor.
5. Highlight the text you want to turn into a link.
6. In the WYSIWYG toolbar, click the Insert/Edit Link icon to open the "Insert/Edit Link" box.
7. If anchors exist on this page, the "Anchors" dropdown will be available. Select the anchor on this page to which you want to link.

   

   1. If you want to link to an anchor on another webpage or between "Main Content" and "Additional Content" editable regions, next to the "URL" field, click the File Chooser.
      1. Within file chooser, click the name of the page (note: this will be the current page if the link and anchor are between the "Main Content" and "Additional Content" editable regions).
      2. Click Insert. This will populate the URL field with a dependency tag (for example, {{f:#####}}).
      3. In the "URL" field after the dependency tag, type "#" and the anchor name (for example, {{f:#####}}#anchorname).
8. In the "Title" field, enter the name of the anchor to which you are linking.
   
   • "Title" text appears when someone hovers over the link and is used by screen readers. This is important to meet accessibility compliance standards.
9. Click Save.