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You can create a list of external links in your sidebar. These links will be displayed on every page of your site.
Create a new link
- From the dashboard of your site navigate to Links > Add New
- Fill out the Name of your link (this is what people will see to click on)
- Enter the web address including the http:// 'Tip: navigate to the site you're linking to in another tab and copy the url exactly. Paste it into web address field.
Add it to a link category
Having multiple categories allows you to display individual link categories in different places.
- Click Add new category (you'll only need to add a category the first time you do this)
- Name your category. The link category name will become the header for your list of links in the sidebar.
- Click Add to add your link category. Note: the link is automatically assigned to that new category
- Save your link by clicking the blue "Update Link" button
Display your link in the sidebar
Links are displayed in sidebar widgets.
- From your dashboard go to Appearance > Widgets
- From the Available Widgets panel drag and drop the Links widget over to the the right into the appropriate sidebar for your theme. A dashed box will appear when you can drop the widget. Note: Some themes have different available sidebar areas.
- Expand the link widget's panel by click it's expand triangle
- From the drop-down choose the link category you'd like displayed in this section
- Click Save
