External link fields
An external link field allows you to create a link to an external URL, an e-mail address or another URL addressable type such as FTP.
About this task
External link fields may have the following characteristics:
- The field may accept more than one value.
- The field may be mandatory—this is indicated with a *.
Procedure
- Click the Add button to the left of the link field. A Hyperlink window opens.
- In the Type field, select one of the following options:
- Select http:// to create a hyperlink to a webpage.
- Select mailto: to create a link to an e-mail address.
- Select Other to create a link to another type of internet resource such as an HTTPS, FTP or other resource.
- In the URL field, do one of the following:
- If you are creating a link to a webpage, paste or type the URL of the page you want to link to.
- If you are creating a link to an e-mail address, type the e-mail address that you want the visitor to send mail to, after the
mailto:prefix. - If you are creating a link to another type of internet resource, type the address of the internet resource that you want to link to.
- Click OK.
- If the field specifies more than one link, you can use the area to the left of the link field to further format the links for this field:
- Drag-and-drop — hold your mouse down over a value and drag to move the value to another position
- Add button — insert another link
- Remove button — remove the current link