Create or edit external links (websites)

If you are a page administrator, once you have added a widget to a Page, you can add or edit its content.

Use the External Links (Websites) widget to post links to outside Websites that you visit often, such as your school's homepage, the state Department of Education's website, and Yahoo!. Or, post links of interest for your class or group.

Note: If you are logged on to Aspen and use one of your browser's favorites or bookmarks to visit an external Website – instead of clicking a link in the External Links widget – you are automatically logged out of Aspen and need to log back on. Besides being a hassle, this practice has security implications.

To create or edit a link:

  1. On the Homepage, in the External Links (Websites) widget, click Edit. The External Links widget appears.
  1. Click New, or highlight the link you want to modify and click Edit. The External Link pop-up appears.
  1. Type or edit the link’s name, such as Mass DESE.
  2. Type or edit a description for the link (optional), such as Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
  3. In the Link box, type or edit the URL for the link, such as http://www.doe.mass.edu/.
    Note: You must include http:// at the beginning of the Web address in order for the link to work. Also, you can copy and paste into this box, which is helpful for lengthy addresses.
  1. Click Save. The link appears in the list of external links.
    Note: To change the order of an external link, on the External links page, highlight its name, then click either Up or Down. To delete a link, highlight it and then click Delete.