Adding a Link | Design System | Western Washington University

You will first need to be logged in via the user page. For example, the following link would be used on this site: http://designsystem.wwu.edu/user

There are 2 ways you can add a link to your content on the website:

Adding a Button block
Adding a text link

To add via Button

First you will need the direct URL you are linking to.

Add a Button block to the website. Name it, uncheck title, paste in the URL, and add in the Link Text (this is what will show up on the button itself).

Click "Add Block" to save.

Red text reads Need to know direct URL of File. The URL field of the edit side-panel is highlighted in red.

To add via text link

Open the block you want to change for editing (configure).

Highlight the text you want to be a link and click on the “link” icon (it looks like a little chain).

This will pop up a window for you to search:

Drupal 8 screenshot demonstrating the URL search field

You can do one of two things here:

Start typing in the name of the content (page or document) that you want to add – use this option if it is something saved on your website
Paste in a direct URL

Red text reads: Start typing - a List appears. The window doesn't get larger, so you will need to scroll to view them all

Important Note

The window that displays the content does not expand – you will need to scroll to view the content to click on what you want to add.

DO NOT try to click on the sidebar to scroll. It will make the pop-up file list disappear.

REMEMBER to Save Layout!

File Naming Conventions

Drupal does not remove content from this list when we replace it in the Files area. Therefore naming conventions MUST be adhered to, so that you know which the most updated version for linking is.