Internal and External Links
Link
Use Link to set a clickable link to an external URL or an internal content including section, page, article, attachment or video.
![An image pointing the link icon on rich text content on Brightspot.](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/34d3f0a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/662x173+0+0/resize/662x173!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2Fc3%2Fbb738a1e4e4fab3b271e79198766%2Flink-icon.png)
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- Click the Link button to open the Edit Link page.
- Type the Link Text, select either External of Internal, and specify the Item.
Internal Link
If the content to link is within Brightspot, use the Internal link option.
![An image showing an instruction on how to use the internal link on Brightspot.](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/81fa345/2147483647/strip/true/crop/931x519+0+0/resize/840x468!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff8%2Fde%2Fb1653540420889a9b0d2d75a2e98%2Finternal-link.png)
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Below are the steps on setting an internal link.
- Click the Link button to open the Edit Link page
- Type the Link Text, LEARN MORE
- Select Internal link type
- Click the spyglass button to search for the specific content you wish to link. This also works with an attachment.
- Click SAVE & CLOSE
- LEARN MORE text now appears in the content with the link.
External Link
![An image showing an instruction on how to use the external link on Brightspot.](https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/dims4/default/a66af24/2147483647/strip/true/crop/994x507+0+0/resize/840x428!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbrigham-young-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb1%2F66%2F4d1000e14d0c942a110ce50f1ef4%2Fexternal-link.png)
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Below is an example of setting an external link.
- Click the Link button to open the Edit Link page
- Type the Link Text, APPLY HERE
- Select External link type
- Place the URL
- Click SAVE & CLOSE
- APPLY HERE now appears in the content with the link