{"id":5885,"date":"2021-12-13T10:25:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helptest.mainbrainer.com\/knowledge-base\/email-link-widget\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T05:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T05:34:35","slug":"email-link-widget","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/email\/creator\/link\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Link Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aricle_container\">\n<p>The <strong>Link<\/strong> widget helps you add a weblink<span style=\"color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-family: elevio-noto-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span>to your Email, i.e., a hyperlinked text that redirects to open the Email content in a web browser.<\/p>\n<p>Adding this weblink to your Email ensures that all your customers can read your Email as intended, irrespective of their Email clients or settings that might cause rendering issues. It is especially useful if your Email design is image-heavy or interactive.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h2>How to use a Link Widget in an Email Campaign?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 1<\/h3>\n<h3>Navigate to the Email Creator<\/h3>\n<p>Use the <strong>Main Menu<\/strong> on the left to create an <strong>Email&nbsp;<\/strong>and subsequently <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/email\/creator\/how-to-create-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">navigate to our Email Creator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 2<\/h3>\n<h3>Add a Link widget to the Work area<\/h3>\n<p>When you create a new Email campaign, you&#8217;ll notice that the Email template by default contains the Weblink at the top <em>(as highlighted in the screenshot below).<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2054\" title=\"Email link widget\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-creator-link-url-widget.png\" alt=\"Email creator, link widget. Email not displaying correctly link added\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>In case you are editing a previously saved Email and wish to add a weblink to the Email, drag and drop the <strong>Link<\/strong> widget to the Work area <em>(as highlighted in the screenshot below).<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2056\" title=\"Email creator link widget\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-link-widget.png\" alt=\"Email creator, link widget. The link widget is highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"elevio-box-info\"><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> the <strong>Link<\/strong> widget will always get added at the top of your Email. Also, only one <strong>Link<\/strong> widget can be added to an Email.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 3<\/h3>\n<h3>Modify the Link widget as per your design preferences<\/h3>\n<p>Use the text editor in the Widget <strong>Settings&nbsp;<\/strong>to modify the widget text as per your design preferences.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2057\" title=\"Email link settings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-link-widget-settings.png\" alt=\"Email creator, link widget settings tab. The text editor is highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>If you wish to hyperlink a different text to open the Email in the web browser:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Type in the desired text.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the text that you wish to hyperlink. Click the <strong>Link<\/strong> tool in the text editor <em style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: elevio-noto-sans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-size-adjust: 100%; font-style: italic; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">(as highlighted in the screenshot below).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2058 size-full\" title=\"Email link hyperlink\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-weblink.png\" alt=\"Email creator, link widget settings tab. The desired hyperlink text is marked\" width=\"559\" height=\"550\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>3. In the subsequently displayed dialog box, type in <strong>[emailurl]<\/strong> in the URL field <em>(as highlighted in the screenshot below)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2059 size-full\" title=\"Email link details\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-link-details.png\" alt=\"Email creator, link widget. Link details. The URL field is highlighted\" width=\"470\" height=\"377\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"elevio-box-info\"><p><strong>Note:<\/strong> The hyperlinked text in the <strong>Link<\/strong> widget can not be tested in preview mode. If you wish to test the redirection, try sending yourself a test Email and then click the weblink in the received Email.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 4<\/h3>\n<h3>Style your Link widget<\/h3>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2060\" title=\"Email link style\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-link-styling.png\" alt=\"Email creator, link widget. The link widget style tab highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>Use the options under the <strong>Style<\/strong> tab to customize the widget background color as you prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Click <strong>Save<\/strong>, and that\u2019s it!<\/p>\n<p>You have successfully added a weblink to your Email!<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s proceed, and have a look at how to add a content section to an Email using the <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/email\/creator\/section\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Section Widget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n  .aricle_container p,.aricle_container li{color: rgba(0,0,0,.8)!important}  .aricle_container span{color:#0070ba!important}.aricle_container li,.aricle_container blockquote{font-size:18px!important;    font-weight: 400;<br \/>\n  }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The link widget helps you add a weblink to your Email, i.e., a hyperlinked text that redirects to open the Email content in a web browser.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[354],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-5885","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-email-creator-en_gb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5885"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9864,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5885\/revisions\/9864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=5885"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=5885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}