Using Google Sites: Adding Linkspage 1

Using Google Sites: Adding LinksPage 1

Using Google Sites:

Adding Linksto Your Website

1. Adding a link to a different website

Step 1:Copy the URL (website address) for the website you want to link to. In this case it is a link to the website of the NGO, Street Action, which helps street children in Africa.

Step 2: Go to the page on your website you want to add the link to. Click on the pencil icon in the top right of the page.

Step 3: Choose the text you want to add the link to.

Step 4: Click on the link icon at the top of the page.

Step 5: In the Create Link box that will open, click on Web address.

Step 6: Type or paste the URL for the link you want to make into the Link to this URL box.

Step 7:Click the Open this link in a new window box if you want the page you are linking to to open in a different window from your website. If you want the page you are lining to open in the same window and your website, and to replace your website on the screen, don’t click this box.

Then click the red OK button.

You will be taken to the top of your webpage. Scroll down and you will see that you link has been added to the page

Step 8: Save your link by clicking on the blue Save button at the top of the page.

Step 9: Check your link works by clicking on it. The webpage you have linked to should open:

If there is a problem with the link, you can change it by following the steps below in 3. Changing a link.

2. Adding a link to another page on your website

Step 1: Click on the pencil icon in the top right of the page.

Step 2: Choose the text you want to add a link to.

Step 3: Clink on the link icon at the top of the page.

Step 4: In the Create Link box, choose the page you want to link to.

If the page you want to link to is not shown, click on the +mark to show more pages

Step 5: Choose the page you want to link to.

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Step 6: Click on the red OK button

You will be taken to the top of your webpage. Scroll down to see that the link has been added:

Step 7: Save your link by clicking on the blue Save button at the top of the page.

Step 8: Check your link works by clicking on it. The webpage you have linked to should open:

If there is a problem with the link, you can change it by following the steps on the next page in 3. Changing a link.

3. Changing a link

Step 1: Click on the pencil icon in the top right of the page with the link you want to change.

Step 2: Click on the link you want to change.

Step 3: Click on the Change button.

Step 4: Change the URL (website address) in the Link to this URL box.

Step 5:If you want to, change whether the link opens in a new window of not

Then click the red OK button.

Step 6: Save your new link by clicking on the blue Save button at the top of the page.

4. Removing a link

Step 1: Click on the pencil icon in the top right of the page with the link you want to remove.

Step 2: Click on the link you want to remove.

Step 3: Click on the Remove button.

You will be taken to the top of your webpage. Scroll down and you will see the link has been removed.

Step 4: Save your changes by clicking on the blue Save button at the top of the page.