Configuring Linking

The cd_link_conf.xml is the Dynamic Link Resolver configuration file where you can configure optional Publication-specific settings that are used to resolve links.

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Procedure

  1. Open cd_link_conf.xml located in the config\ subdirectory of your Content Delivery root location in a plain-text editor or XML editor.
    	<Publication Id="1">
    		<Host Domain="localhost" Port="80" Path="" Protocol="http"/>
    		<Linking ComponentAnchors="false" AddComponentLinkInfo="false"/>
    		</Publication>
    	</Publications>
    
    	<License Location="c:/Tridion/config/cd_licenses.xml"/>
  2. In the <Host> element, specify information about the Web site that creates URLs for Dynamic Links.
  3. In the <Linking> element, specify additional information about the generation of links:
    • set ComponentAnchors to true to adds anchors to Component Links (to allow jumping to the targeted Component Presentation).
    • set AddComponentLinkInfo to true to add additional infomation to the query string of a Component Link URL (used by the WAI for Component link tracking).
  4. Save and close the cd_link_conf.xml file.
  5. Configure storage:
    1. Open cd_storage_conf.xml located in the config\ subdirectory of your Content Delivery root location in a plain-text editor or XML editor.
    2. In your Storage Layer configuration file cd_storage_conf.xml you can configure where content is stored on the Content Delivery server. For each Publication you can specify different storage mediums in which to store content and also where to store individual content types. For example, you can store ComponentPresentations and Pages on your file system (the Root Path of the Web server hosting your Web site) and other content, such as LinkInfo, DynamicLinkInfo, PageMeta and BinaryMeta in a database.
    3. Save and close the cd_storage_conf.xml file.