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Navigate to the webpage onto which you wish to insert a link to a file.
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Hover over Edit and press Edit This Page.
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Click on the Block into which you plan to insert the file and select Edit.
The WYSIWYG editor will open (for more on the WYSIWYG editor, see Appendix: The WYSIWYG editor).
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Choose how you want to insert the link.
Do one of the following to insert the link:
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Position the cursor where you would like the link to go. When you insert the link, the Title of the file as defined in the File Manager will be used.
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Highlight the word(s) you want to use as a link. When you insert the link, those words will become hyperlinked to your file. This is the method used in the rest of this lesson.
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Click on Link To File on the Concrete5 Bar at the top of the WYSIWYG.
Notice that words are selected in the text first.
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In the panel that shows the File Manager, find the file you wish to insert.
You can use Search or Filter, or you can manually find the file.
NOTE: You can also upload a file from here, if you need to.
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When you find the file you want to insert, click on it and select Choose.
The CMS will insert a link to the file into the Block. Continue editing as needed.
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Press Save to finish editing the Block.
NOTE: Remember, you’re not actually inserting the file into the Block; instead, you’re inserting a link to the file into the Block.