Quick Links

How To

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  On a Landing Page

  Add or edit a Band. (In this example, a 3-Column Band).

  • Add a Band:

  

  

  • Choose a Column (in this example, Left).

  

  • Edit an existing Band:

  

  Titles

  Add Titles, if desired.

  • Full Width Top Title — In this example, Band Title.

  

  • This places a Top Title with an underline across the full width of the Band.

  

  • Left Top Title — In this example, Drupal. (Left Top Title indicates the Title is being placed in the Left Colum of a 3-Column Band).

  

  • This places a Title above the Quick Links block.

  Add Quick Links

  • Under Child Paragraph, choose Add Quick Links from the Add dropdown menu.

  

  • In this example, Left Child Paragraph indicates the Quick Links block is being placed in the Left Column of a 3-Column-Band.
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  On a Site Page

  • Edit the Page.

  Add Quick Links

  • Choose Add Quick Links from the Add dropdown menu.

  

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  Quick Links Title

  • Quick Links Title  — Enter a Title for the Quick Links block. In this example, Drupal.

  

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  Heading Level

  • Select a Heading Level for the Quick Links block.
  • Options include: None, h2, h3, h4, and h5. The default value is h3.

  

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  Quick Links Description

  • Enter a description for the Quick Links block.

  

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  Quick Links

  Fields with an asterisk (*) are required.

  • URL (*) — Enter an address for the link.
    • Enter the title of a specific piece of content to find and select it.
      Other Options:
    • Enter an internal path (such as /node/add) or an external URL (such as http://digitalcommons.nc.gov).
    • Enter <front> to link to the front page.
    • Enter <nolink> to display link text only.
    • Enter <button> to display keyboard-accessible link text only.

  

  • Link Text — Enter the text for the link. In this example, Drupal Help Topics.

  

  Attributes

  • Expand the Attributes menu.

  

  • Class — The Class field can be left blank or populated with a button style.
  • Default Link Style — Leave the Class field blank to keep the default link style:

  

  

  • Button Link Style — Enter btn btn-primary in the Class field to show a button link:

  

  

  • More (Link Button) — Enter more in the Class field to highlight a link to more information. In this example, "Learn more":

  

  

  • Title — When using the more option in the Class field, be sure to enter a Title (for screen readers).

  

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  Add Another Item

  To add more links:

  • Click Add Another Item.

  

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  Reorder Quick Links

   To reorder Quick Links:

  • Hover the mouse cursor over the Drag to Re-order icon.
  • Click-and-hold to drag the Quick Link entry up or down to the desired location.

  

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  Delete Quick Links

  There must be at least one (1) Quick Link to use the module.

  The URL field is required (*), and thus the first Quick Link entry cannot be deleted.

  To remove subsequent entries:

  • Delete everything in the URL, Link Text, Class, and Title fields for the entry to be deleted.
  • Save the page.

  

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  Save

  • Click Save, at the bottom of the Edit page, to save the page and view results.