Links

What is it? | How Do I Get There? | Tips and How To's

What is it?

Links provide RCN Journal users with a way to easily list and link to favorite websites. Love sports? Your viewers can link to ESPN.com. Love games? Add a link to your favorite gaming site. Links do not update daily like Feeds, they are simply a URL that your user can click to open a website.

How Do I Get There?

Navigating to Links

The Links are available on all Home Pages, the Blog, and the Feed pages.

Tips and How To's

Adding a Link

From the Add Link Box:

  1. Press Add Link.
  2. Type the Link Name.
  3. Type the Link's URL.
  4. Press Publish.

Adding a Link Description

From the Add Link Box:
  1. Press Add Link.
  2. Click Add Description. The description box will open.
  3. Type the Description.
  4. Press Publish.
Note: When adding or editing either Link Descriptions you can change the font, size and color of the description by clicking the "Show Text Tools" link, which will open a text editing toolbar. When you are finish, press "Hide Text Tools"

Edit or Delete a Link

From the Add Link Box:

  1. Click View All. The Links Menu will open, listing all of the Links in the Journal.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. Edit the Link or Link Description; OR
  4. Delete the Link.
Tip: A URL is an acronym for "Uniform Resource Locator." It is the address of a website on the Internet.