IWP Training

URLs in Drupal

Please refer to the information below for different link uses in Drupal.  Links can be used to navigate a visitor to another piece of content (ex. article, page) on your site, another site, or media.

 

 

Internal URL Links (Content on your site)

For links to UC ANR IWP site, a relative URL or node id can be used.   For example, /site/iwp-training/iwp-overview or /node/140704/.

  1. Identify and highlight the text you want to add a link.  
  2. Click the URL Link icon in the toolbar.
  3. The link dialog box will appear, type the relative url or node id for the content.

  4. Click the green check mark to create the link and close the dialog box.

    Please note: To identify your node id, navigate to your content and click the edit button. Then, in your browser url, you will see your node id.

 

Benefits of using node id:

  1. Consistency: Using node IDs ensures that links remain consistent even if the URL alias changes.
  2. Simplicity: Node links are straightforward and easy to understand. They provide a simple way to reference content without worrying about complex URL structures.
  3. Reliability: Node links are less likely to break compared to URL aliases, which might change over time. 

 

External URL Links (Content outside your site)

For links to UC ANR IWP site, a relative URL can be used.   For example, /site/iwp-training/iwp-overview.

  1. Identify and highlight the text you want to add a link.  
  2. Click the URL Link icon in the toolbar.
  3. The link dialog box will appear, type the relative url.
  4. Click the green check mark to create the link and close the dialog box.

For external links for content not on UC ANR IWP site, a fully qualified URL should be used.  For example - https://www.usda.gov/.

  1. Identify and highlight the text you want to add a link.  
  2. Click the URL Link icon in the toolbar.
  3. The link dialog box will appear, type the fully qualified url.
  4. Click the green check mark to create the link and close the dialog box.
  5. Click Save content when editing of content is complete.

 

Media Links

If you are looking to only link to your Media Library items and not display the actual content:

  1. Confirm the media item has already been added to your site.
  2. Find the media item to Media tab.
  3. Open the media item.
  4. Click the file name of the media item so it opens a new window.
  5. In the new window, copy the relative url (minus the domain: https://ucanr.edu ) Ex. /sites/default/files/2025-02/407247.png
  6. Use the url for inserting onto your content.

 

Email Links

  1. Identify and highlight the text you want to add a link.  
  2. Click the URL Link icon in the toolbar.
  3. Enter mailto: followed by email address (e.g. mailto:anruser@ucanr.edu).
  4. Click the green check mark to create the link and close the dialog box.
  5. Click Save content when editing of content is complete.

 

Anchor Links

To add and utilize anchors, please visit: https://ucanr.edu/site/iwp-training/creating-anchors.