[CMSusers] June Cascade Tip - Hyperlink to email address

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Cascade Tip of the Month- Hyperlink to email address

 

Have you ever wanted to link an image or text automatically to an email address? It is fairly easy to link an image or text to an email address. Let¡¯s learn!

 

Links that open a new email message to a specific address require the command mailto: before the email address in the address field of an external link. 

1.       Select the image or text and click the Insert/Edit link button  .  

2.       Select  External radio button

3.       Enter mailto:email at dot.com into the Link field, where email at dot.com is the full email address. 

4.       Do not put spaces between the mailto: command and the address.

5.       To send an email to multiple addresses, separate addresses with a comma (no space).

¡¤         mailto:jane at doe.com,mary at sue.com
 

6.       It is possible to add pre-populated fields to the email message. To pre-populate these fields, add ? after email address/es and use the following commands:

¡¤         Cc=>Cc: jane at doe.com

¡¤         Bcc=> Bcc: jane at doe.com

¡¤         Subject=> Subject: Test

Please Note:

¡¤         Fields are added with an ampersand (&): cc=john at doe&bcc=mary at sue&subject=Test

All of the above commands in Link > External field would look like this:

¡¤         mailto:jim at bob.com,mary at sue?Cc=john at doe.com&Bcc-jane at doe.com&Subject=Test

7.        When linking, always fill in the ¡°Title¡± field. The text you enter into the ¨DTitle¡¬ field shows up as the ¨Dtool tip¡¬text that appears over a link when a user hovers their mouse over it on a finished page. Not only can this information be extremely helpful when navigating our website, it¡¯s also a requirement to keep a web page compliant with ADA standards.

Click the Insert button. Do not change the ¡°Target,¡± or ¡°Class¡± boxes

 

I would like to thank Pam Hammond for her question and sharing her notes on the correct format to link an image to an email address.

 

 

Lydia Harkey

Texas A&M University-Commerce

P.O. Box 3011

Commerce, Tx 75429

p: 903.468.3029   f: 903.886.5415

Lydia.Harkey at tamuc.edu <mailto:Lydia.Harkey at tamuc.edu>  | Information Technology <http://www.tamuc.edu/studentLife/campusServices/ITSupportCenter/default.aspx> 

 

As a friendly reminder be sure to  contact the IT Help Desk directly for all of your IT needs: 

x6000 (on-campus) or 903-468-6000 (off-campus) or via email: Helpdesk at tamuc.edu <mailto:Helpdesk at tamuc.edu> .

 

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