To create a list of links, similar to a menu, insert a Sitemap content element. It's not just a Sitemap.

Links to files (PDF, Word documents, etc.) include a graphic icon to help visitors know what kind of file the link points to. In some cases, you might want to hide that icon.

Hiding the icon means that visitors lose a visual indicator of what action is about to happen when they click the link. Lacking mouses, mobile visitors in particular may be confused when the link doesn't show another Web page. You should hide the icon thoughtfully, not broadly for all links throughout your pages.

1. In the RTE, right-click the link to change
2. Choose Modify Link
3. Change the Style drop-down to navigation-link
4. Click Update
5. Save and publish the change as usual

If you need to update a link (the link target, style, title, etc.) you should avoid selecting (highlighting) the link.  If the selected text is not identical to the original link declaration, a nested link may be created.  Instead, follow the procedure outlined below.

If you have a right mouse button,

1. Right-click the link you wish to edit
2. Select Modify Link from the context menu
3. Update the link using the same directions as creating a link, above

Or, if you do not have a right-click mouse button,

1. Select the link by putting your cursor anywhere in the link
2. Click the button
3. Update the link using the same directions as creating a link, above

If you have a right-click mouse button,

1. Right-click the link you wish to remove
2. Select Remove Link... from the context menu
3. Click OK in the confirmation dialog window

Or, if you do not have a right-click mouse button,

1. Select the link by putting your cursor anywhere in the link
2. Click the button
3. Click the Remove link button/tab

CMS uses the vocabulary "internal link" and "external link" to refer to two kinds of links.

Internal link is inserted ONLY if a link is inserted using the rich text editor's link wizard and a page is selected from the Pagetree (see "Link to a page within CMS," above).

External links are inserted if you type a Web address in the rich text editor, copy-and-paste a Web address from another location into the RTE, or use the rich text editor's link wizard to insert a link to an "External URL" even if the Web address is for a page within your workspace.

Any link to a page under www.ndsu.edu will be styled to look like an Internal link, regardless of whether it was created as an internal link or external link.

It is advisable to test links before publishing content to your Web site to verify visitors will arrive at the desired location when they click the link.  To test links from within the Rich Text Editor,

1. Right-click the link
2. Select Check Link from the context menu
3. In the browser window or tab that opens, verify that the displayed page is correct.  If it is not correct, return to the RTE to edit the link properties and correct the problem
4. Repeat for each link in the content element

If the content has been saved, you may also click links in a page preview to determine whether the link works as desired.

Note that links to unpublished pages may not work unless you preview them from within CMS and are logged in to the URLs posted on the CMS home page.

Links in other sources may not use the same URL format as CMS, and may reference outdated materials on another server.  There is no bulk fix available to repair links pasted from outside sources that point at the wrong target.

If you are in the process of migrating a site from another server to CMS, verifying whether links will work after go-live may be tedious. If you check a link and it displays any content from the old server, you can safely assume it will break after go-live.