How to add a link to material on other stuff?

Posted by admin on Sep 30, 2009 in Articles | Comments Off

Many users Joomla! faced with the need to insert a link to material on another material. One way out of this situation is to copy the necessary links with FrontEnd’a site. In the case when the material to be referenced, not yet published, the decision will not help. The second variant of the solution – use the Advanced Link plugin for the visual editor JCE.

Consider in detail the use of visual editor JCEOr, more precisely Advanced Link plugin for this editor.

Installing the JCE WYSIWYG editor

  1. Log in to the administrative panel of Joomla!
  2. Go to the Extensions Manager to select this menu: Extensions-> Install / Uninstall
  3. Choose one type of installation
  4. Install components

Appointment of a visual editor users

After that, the visual editor will be installed and available for selection in the settings of each user. Assign a user a visual editor JCE. To do this:

  1. Go to User Manager by selecting the menu: Site> Members
  2. Select the desired user and click “Change”
  3. In the field “User Editor” to choose «Editor JCE»
  4. Save the new user preferences by clicking the “Save”

Using the Advanced Link plugin visual editor JCE

Now the user when editing the materials will be in the editor JCE. This requires:

  1. Allocate a portion of text material
  2. Press the button «Insert / Edit link» editor’s toolbar JCE
  3. In the window that opens, select the desired material
  4. Press the button «Insert»

This tool editor JCE also enable you to set different options for you to link (Anchors, Target, Title) and edit existing ones. Advanced Link allows you to insert a reference not only to materials Joomla!, But also any other link. To do this, insert the insert the necessary link in the URL.

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