You can use an External Link Summary component item to feature a prominent link to an external website (another YSM website or anywhere else on the web) with a short text introduction and link.
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Like regular Content Summaries, External Link Summaries are compatible with any summary or summary grid component template. |
These instructions will provide information on how to use Tridion Beatrix CMS to create and insert a summary linking to an external site.
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Create an External Link Summary
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Click New Component (blue) to begin creating an External Link Summary component.
In the Building Blocks folder of your respective website, click New Component (highlighted in blue above) in the Create tab (highlighted in yellow above) of the navigation bar.
You will be taken to a new page for creating the component (shown below):
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See Beatrix CMS Basics for information on creating elements from Pages or the Content Folder. |
There are some important fields to fill out when creating an External Link Summary component:
Type in the appropriate Name for the component.
Select
External Link Summaryfrom the Schema drop down menu
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Enter the Title of the External Link that you want to appear in the Summary.
Use the Introduction text field to write a short summary of the website or page you are linking to.
External URL: Enter the address you would like the summary to direct users to.
Image to display in summary: This field allows you to add an image that will appear in the Summary.
You can only use an Image that you have
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added or selected from the Media Library. See the Images and Image Galleries section of instructions
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Select the image you want to include in the Summary and click
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Addto add it to the
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External Link item.
Click Update and you are ready to add it to a page.
Adding the External Link Summary to a Page
Once you have created the External Link Summary component, you can add it to a page.
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Navigate in the Root Folder to the page you want the Summary displayed on, and open it.
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Click on the Component Presentations tab.
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Click the Insert button located at the bottom of the tab.
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, or if you are on the page, Publish.
Adding the External Link Summary to a Page
Select one of the following templates from the
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Layout View dropdown menu:
Content SummaryContent Summary with OverlayContent Summary Small ImageContent Summary MulticolumnCarousel of Linked Content
Click
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Addto add the component to your page, then clickCloseto return to the page.
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Updatethe page, and you are ready toPublish.
Examples of External Link Summaries on a Page
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