Add links to a Firm News Feed custom portlet
Practice CS lets you create links to files, email addresses, or web pages in an item shown in a
Firm News Feed
custom portlet. You can create links for the news item’s description, for text within the news item, or to an attachment included with the news item.The type of link you add is determined using the
Select Address
or Select Hyperlink
window. This window can be accessed only from the Custom Portlets
screen while adding or editing a custom portlet of the Firm News Feed
type. There are 3 ways to open this window:- Select theAddressbutton next to theAddressfield in the News Item information section.
- Select theInsert Hyperlinkbutton in the toolbar of the text editor in the Content section.
- Select theAddressbutton next to theAddressfield in the Attachment section.
Follow these steps to add the link.
- In theSelect AddressorSelect Hyperlinkwindow, select the option for the type of link that you want to add:Location,Email, orURL.
- For a link to a file, select theLocationoption. If the file is to be available to other staff members, it must reside in a network location accessible to those staff members. Select theMorebutton and go to the file, then selectOpento set the link.
- For a link to an email address, select theEmailoption. When selected, an email link will open a new message in the default email application with the linked email address entered into theTofield. Enter the email address for the link in the field provided.
- For a link to an external or internal web page, select theURLoption. Enter the URL for the page into the address bar and select theGobutton to preview the web page.
- SelectOKto close the selection window and return to theCustom Portletsscreen.
