You can create live links (hotlinks) and live email addresses within the text on your OPP sites. When someone clicks a live link, it will take them to that site in a new window. If they click an email address, it will pop-up an email to that address. You can also use these special options to make words bold and/or underlined.
These options only work in large text sections, such as the Artist Statement section or the Description sections on artwork pages. They do not work in Title sections.
When you are typing into a text box, such as the Descriptions section on an artwork page, you can use a series of symbols to indicate one of these special text options. You'll also see a quick key of these options under any text box.
| *bold words* | Surround the words you want to make bold with the * (star) symbol. |
|---|---|
| _underlined words_ | Surround the words you want to make underlined with the _ (underscore) symbol. |
| |http://link.com|Link Name| |
Surround the link with the | (bar) symbol. The bar symbol is usually located with the backslash, above the enter/return key. Make sure there are no spaces between the link and the bars. Make sure that the link you use is valid. The "http://" part is optional, so you may type a link like this: |http://www.mylink.com| or without it like this: |www.mylink.com| The second set of bars is for the name/alias that you'd like to have appear as the link. So for example, if I typed: |http://www.long-awkward-link.com|my favorite site| then what a viewer to your site would see was a hotlink that simply said "my favorite site". You may also just type the first set of bars around the link and not use an alias. |
| |name@email.com|Name| |
Emails work much in the same way that links do. Surround the valid email with the | (bar) symbol, and if you wish add an alias, type it in surrounded by a second set of bars. Again, make sure there are no spaces between the email address and the bars. |
Here is a working example using all of these special formats:
This is a |http://environmentaldefense.com|link to Environmental Defense|, which is a *fabulous* organization dedicated to _protecting our planet's wildlife_.
which will be displayed like this:
This is a link to Environmental Defense, which is a fabulous organization dedicated to protecting our planet's wildlife.