Link To A Document Or File In A Freeform Block
- Open your Freeform block.
- Highlight some text in your paragraph. Then click the Link button.
This opens the Link Editor.
- Select the type of link you would like. Content will be the default selection.
- Hit the Browse button to open the Content Explorer and choose what file to link to.
- Go to the drop-down filters in the upper left corner and choose "files" for Type. You may see images, PDFs, Word, Excel, PPT, video files in this list. You can also filter by date modified here. When you’ve set your filters, hit Done.
- Navigate to the correct root if necessary, and click on the desired file. Hit Done.
- You will see the selected file in the Link Editor. Hit "Open in new window," and hit Done to insert the file.
- Publish your page and test your new file link.
How do you find a file that you need if it does not appear near the top of the results?
- In the top bar, type the name of the file, or one or more keywords present in metadata on that page and hit enter. (Page Name, Meta Keywords, Meta Description, Teaser Alt Text).
- You have already changed the dropdown “All Types” to Files. This will filter the list, eliminating pages and data results.
- If you still cannot locate the file, open the workstation tree by clicking the arrow in the left column.
NOTE: Good website usability practices include always having external linked pages or pages linked to files open in a new window.