{"id":2347,"date":"2015-10-08T19:48:28","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T19:48:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2015-10-08T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T19:48:28","slug":"creating-links-in-mylesley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2015\/10\/08\/creating-links-in-mylesley\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Links in myLesley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s exciting episode, Agent L defeats Gremlins in the System\u2019s (GITS) attempt to prevent faculty and students from creating links in myLesley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/ALvsGITS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/ALvsGITS.png\" alt=\"ALvsGITS\" width=\"612\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/ALvsGITS.png 612w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/ALvsGITS-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/ALvsGITS-500x185.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben Friday:<\/strong> Agent L, we have an emergency! GITS is preventing faculty and students from creating links in myLesley!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agent L:<\/strong> How? What\u2019s happening?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ben:<\/strong> Faculty and students are pasting links to other websites in the text editor, but they aren\u2019t turning into links. They are just plain text\u2026 and some of the links don\u2019t look very good either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/nonclickablelink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/nonclickablelink.png\" alt=\"text editor with non-clickable link\" width=\"719\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/nonclickablelink.png 719w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/nonclickablelink-300x109.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/nonclickablelink-500x182.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Agent L:<\/strong> Hmmmm\u2026 I think I know how to fix this. myLesley\u2019s text editor has a tool to create links. It\u2019s called the <strong>Insert\/Edit Link<\/strong> tool.<\/p>\n<p>You simply select the text you want to be a link such as the pasted link, or if you want those long links to look nicer, type a few words to define the website you are linking to and select that text just as I\u2019ve done below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/createlinkwithtext2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/createlinkwithtext2.png\" alt=\"create a link\" width=\"715\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/createlinkwithtext2.png 715w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/createlinkwithtext2-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/createlinkwithtext2-500x184.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then click on the <strong>Insert\/Edit Link<\/strong> tool.<\/p>\n<p>Paste your copied link into the <strong>LInk Path<\/strong> text box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/linksettings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/linksettings-300x152.png\" alt=\"create link settings \" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/linksettings-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/linksettings.png 363w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For <em>Agent Extra Credit<\/em>,<\/strong> change the <strong>Target<\/strong> to <strong>Open in a New Window (_blank).<\/strong> Websites don\u2019t always display well in the myLesley content frame. Opening them in a new window gives them the full browser window and all the options.<\/p>\n<p>Finally click <strong>Insert<\/strong>. You can then finish writing your post or content in the text editor. Click Submit when you are done and you will have a nice looking clickable link. Simple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/finallink.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2351 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/finallink-300x59.png\" alt=\"final clickable link\" width=\"300\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/finallink-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/10\/finallink.png 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/09\/benfridaybust.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/09\/benfridaybust-150x150.png\" alt=\"Ben\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/09\/benfridaybust-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/09\/benfridaybust.png 187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>Ben:<\/strong> Wow, Agent L! Way to outsmart GITS!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agent L:<\/strong> It\u2019s my mission, Ben.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2328\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/files\/2015\/09\/agentL_bust-150x150.png\" alt=\"agent L\" width=\"100\" height=\"113\" \/>Learn more about using the myLesley text editor at the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/support.lesley.edu\/support\/solutions\/articles\/4000014776\" target=\"_blank\">Agent Support Site<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s exciting episode, Agent L defeats Gremlins in the System\u2019s (GITS) attempt to prevent faculty and students from creating links in myLesley. Ben Friday: Agent L, we have an emergency! GITS is preventing faculty and students from creating links &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/2015\/10\/08\/creating-links-in-mylesley\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[223],"tags":[307,221],"class_list":["post-2347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mylesley-2","tag-agentl","tag-mylesley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347\/revisions\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lesleyelis.com\/elisblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}