Creating text links

Add a hyperlink in your site's copy.

Last updated January 27, 2025

You can add a link in most text on your site. Use text links to link visitors to more information within bodies of text, like related pages in text blocks, phone numbers or email addresses on contact pages, or an artist's website in an image caption.

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This video applies to version 7.1.

To add a text link:

  1. Add a text block or click into a text box.
  2. Enter the text for your link.
  3. Highlight the text you want to link.
  4. Click the link icon in the text toolbar or use a keyboard shortcut to open the link editor.
  5. In the link editor that appears, you can enter an external web address under URL, or select another option like FileEmail, or Phone.

Follow the steps in Adding links to your site to link to:

You can add text links to the following areas on your site:

Your site's text link display depends on your site's version.

Text links are always underlined.

Here's how linked text appears on your site in these template families:

Template family Notes
Adirondack Never underlined
Avenue Always underlined
Aviator Never underlined
Bedford Only underlined in the footer and pre-footer
Brine Always underlined
Farro Always underlined
Five Never underlined
Flatiron Underlined on hover
Forte Never underlined
Galapagos Only underlined in the content area of the footer
Ishimoto Never underlined
Momentum Never underlined
Montauk Never underlined
Native Underlined everywhere except in the footer
Pacific Only underlined in the footer and pre-footer
Skye Never underlined
Supply Never underlined
Tremont Never underlined
Wells Always underlined
Wexley Only underlined in the content area of the footer
York Never underlined

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