How to Embed Links in Your Triond Articles
How to link, quickly and painlessly, using the Online Editor linking tool.
This morning I received an e-mail from a friend who suggested an article idea: How to use Triond’s Online Editor linking tool.
Linking can be confusing–especially if you are a newer writer. I remember how long I spent trying to master HTML so that I could include links in my articles. I kept thinking, there’s got to be an easier way.
Rest assured, there’s an easy way to link!
If you are writing an article and want to include a link to another site or links to your other Triond articles, you can do so following these simple steps. Shrink down the page you are working on so you don’t lose your work (hit the horizontal line up on the right so that your article rests down on the taskbar).
How to Embed a Link
- Now, go to the page you want to link to and grab the URL. Just click in your browser’s address bar, right-click, and select copy. The URL has now been sent to the clipboard.
- Return to your article and click on it to bring it up. Locate the text you want to embed your link into. Left-click and run your mouse over the words you’ve chosen as anchor text, until they are highlighted.
- Next, look at the top of the Online Editor, on the left, right beside the blue arrows. You’ll see what looks like a chain. This is the chain or link icon. Left-click on it.
- When the menu opens, in the box beside “Link URL,” right click and hit “Paste.” The URL you previously grabbed and sent to the clipboard now appears magically in the box!
- Underneath, you’ll see “Target.” Hit the down-facing arrow and select “Open link in a new window.”
- Now, go down to where it says ‘Insert.” Left-click on that and you are done!
- The words you selected and embedded the link into should now be blue.
- Once you publish your article, a good rule of thumb is to go to your links and click on them to make sure they are working properly, so that your readers are directed to helpful resources or your other Triond pages.
There are other ways to link but this method is one of the easiest–especially if you have right-click capability in your mouse.
It may seem confusing but once you do it a couple of times, linking becomes old hat. Knowing how to embed links saves valuable time and lends a professional polish to your articles.
Linking Tip:
- If you find citing sources a nuisance, use linking to point readers to your sources.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 4:01 am
useful tips for newbies (and oldies!)
October 23rd, 2008 at 4:40 am
Very simple instructions Athlyn. Thanks
October 23rd, 2008 at 7:45 am
Nice
It can help lots of people.
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
What a great resource Athlyn – a great website for any Triond writer to bookmark. I do hope you add to the list of links in it as you develop more tips!
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:41 pm
a wonderful article and the step by step guidance is very nice.
October 24th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
Simple instruction that I can even follow. Thank you for these tips. I will check out your other articles linked to this site.
October 24th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Thanks for sharing your wisdom and experience.
November 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
Thank you so much for writing this! My friend RJ Evans pointed me to your article, and now I know how to insert links in my Triond stories. I had a story with five links I wanted to put in, but I didn’t know how to do it. Thanks for a very useful article!
November 2nd, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Wow! All these great compliments. I’m glad this will help with your writing and linking.
November 25th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Quite informative, or should I say good and simple instructions. I am making you a friend ti keep up with you. You may make me a friend, also.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:00 am
I really love this one, Athlyn. thanks
February 2nd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Hi Athlyn for this article. I am going to try this one for sure–I think I understand it well enough to make it work. I have tried other ways that I have been told and not gotten it right yet, but then I am a computer illiterate. Still this makes sense to me, so maybe–just maybe.
Thanks so much for publishing it.
Johnny Yuma
February 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
OK great… thank you. Ive been trying to figure this out for ages… do you know how to add a youtube video?
February 19th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
I agree with JOJO on this. The writer denus is doing a good job with simple techniques that on the surface look worthless, but their worth is hidden.
Read that article and enjoy the difference after implementing those ideas.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:00 am
thanks for the info.
I have added a link to your article in one that i am currently working on as i think you did a really good job and i think it will help people!
March 13th, 2009 at 3:07 pm
Wow! Again,
I remember when I was hired to write a series of health articles. I had to include links and did it all using HTML. I would paste the code in and it was such a headache. Then I discovered how to embed links. What a lifesaver!! Linking is so easy when you know how to do it.
Thanks for all the wonderful and supportive comments, guys.
July 14th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I really didn’t know about this. I can’t believe that it was there the whole time.
July 14th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
Hi Army,
It’s easy to miss a function in the Online Editor. Once you get on to adding links, it’s a breeze. you can also do this at Blogger.
December 16th, 2009 at 4:54 am
this was really helpful.just completed my first link!
December 16th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Hi aniket,
Great to hear!
January 17th, 2012 at 4:17 pm
Thanks! This is very helpful!