Using a Site Studio Contributor Token for the Link

As an alternative to path-based URLs, you can use a special token called "ssLINK" provided by Site Studio. The token makes it simple to create a link to another document without having to know the details of the Web site or where the document is stored. The token resolves to an actual web address when the page is served up in a web browser.

To use a Site Studio Contributor token, perform these tasks:

1. Open the hyperlink in the native document.

2. Enter the text ssLINK followed by a slash (/) and the content ID of the document. Thus, for a document with the content ID "MyDoc1," enter:

   ssLINK/MyDoc1
   

Token-Based Link Target in Microsoft Word

Description of Token-Based Link Target in Microsoft Word

3. Close the hyperlink feature and save your document.

When you create a link this way, the document displays in the section of the Web site defined by the xWebSiteSection metadata field of the document. If you want to change this so that the document appears in a section of your choosing, you could append the ID of the desired section to the ssLINK token, followed by the content ID of the document.

Say you want to create a link to a document with the content ID "MyDoc1" which you want it to appear in the section containing the ID "23." In that event, you would use:

ssLINK/23/MyDoc1

To create a link to another section of your site, you can also use the "ssNODELINK" token. To use this, you must know the ID of the section you want to link to. For example, to create a link to a section containing the ID "23," you would use:

ssNODELINK/23

To identify the ID of a section or Web site, open the content check-in page on the content server and click Browse next to "Web Site Section." In the Choose Web Site Section window, select your Web site and note the ID in parentheses next to each section (Figure).

Section or Web Site ID

Description of Section or Web Site ID