Working With Links
In Canvasflow links can be embedded both in Text and media components like Images or Gallery's.
Creating Text Links
Text links can be created using our simple text-formatting tool, to add a text link:
- Highlight the text in the article builder
- Select the link icon at the end of the formatting tool
- Enter the URL you want it to point to and decide whether it opens in a new tab
Creating Image Links
Creating a link from an image is simple, through the Image component properties:
Adding an email (mailto:) link
Mailto links are hyperlinks which let you automatically open the default email client with a predefined recipient already typed in. Not everyone knows that in addition to the recipient, you can also define the subject, email body and cc fields of the new message.
To create a simple 'Mail to' link:
- Highlight the text in the article builder or select an image
- Select the link icon at the end of the formatting tool
- enter a valid 'mailto:' link, ie:
<a href="mailto:{email address}">{clickable text or image}</a>
e.g: <a href="mailto:help@canvasflow.io">click to email support</a>
Linking to content within a 3rd party App provider
Some platforms provide functionality on linking to other content within an app, such as other articles or issues. This is different across each platform so please refer to your distribution platform support knowledge-base for details.
We've briefly documented how Twixl Publisher handles content linking here.