An HPCNet link is one that belongs to an organization within the HPCNet system, including all of your sites. This procedure will allow you to search for other sites using keywords and/or words contained in the site title.

The following procedure shows you how to insert an HPCNet Link from the "Update Links Page". The procedure assumes that you have already logged into the system, created a site, and are in the update screen for the site that you want to create a link from. For instructions on how to create a site, see the instructions titled "How to Create a Site". For instruction on how to update an existing site, see the instructions titled "How to Update an Existing Site". The following is an example of the update screen.

With the mouse, click on the Update button next to the word "Links". The following screen will appear. You can link to an existing HPCNet site two ways.

With the mouse, click on the Link Existing Page button. The following example shows the screen that will appear.

Setting the following four fields will make your search as efficient as possible.

Generally you will only need to use one search parameter. However, you have the option of using as many parameters as you feel are necessary.

Place your mouse arrow on the down arrow of the field you want to set, press down and hold the left mouse button and then drag the blue highlight to the desired field. Now, release the mouse button. Explanations of the fields are as follows.

1. And, Or and Not
     

   Type	Description
   AND	If you want the word in line one to be located in the correct category and also the word in line two to be in the correct category, etc. the search will locate only those sites that match all of the lines. If you are looking for a site, for example, that contains the words western and history, using the and will only return sites that use both words.
   OR	If you want the word in line one to be located in the correct category or the word in line two to be in the correct category, etc. the search will locate those sites that match at least one of the lines. For example, use this type of search if you are looking for a site that contains either one or both of the words: western history.
   NOT	If you want the word in line one to be located in the correct category but do not want the word in line two to be in the correct category, this search will locate those sites that exclude the sites that match both the beginning line and the not line. If, for example, you are looking for a site that contains the word western but do not want anything related to the word history, the not would be an appropriate choice.

    

2. Title, Key Words, Title or Keywords, Author and Classifications
     

   Type	Description
   Title	Use this field if you know a word in the title of the site that you want to link to.
   Key Words	Use this field to add a key word to the search.
   Title or Keywords	The site function will look at both the title and keywords for a match.
   Author	Use this field if you know the id of the author of a site: e.g. abcab000.
   Classifications	This field will search for the classification of the site: e.g. financial.

    

3. Contains and Is Equal.

   Type	Description
   Contains	Looks for the word as a portion of the type of search field. For example, if the type of search is set to "Title" and the site title was Books and More, searching for the word book would determine a match.
   Is Equal	Look for an exact match. Using the same example from above, searching for the word "book" would not be a match.

    

4. All sites and My sites.
     

   Type	Description
   My Sites	Restricts the search to sites that your HPCNet account has authored.
   All Sites	Searches all HPCNet sites.

Clicking on Cancel will return you to the Link Update page.

Clicking on Reset will clear all of the fields that you have filled in.

Clicking on Submit will perform your search and then display a list of the matches that were found.

Clicking on Retry will return you back to the previous search option screen.

Clicking on Select All will put check marks in all of the boxes.

Clicking on Cancel will return you to the link update page without adding any new links.

If the site that you wish to link to is in this list, put a check mark by it, by pointing your mouse at the box to the left of the site name and clicking the mouse button. Note: You can check multiple boxes if you want them to be links.

Clicking on Submit will add the check marked links to your site and return you to the update links page. Note, as shown in the example below, that the new link(s) are now listed on the update links page.

This feature is used when you know the HPCNet Site ID or the Virtual URL for a site. Select the Link Existing Page By Site button. This will open the following window.

If you are using the Virtual URL, enter the address you provided in the Update window for General Information in the field labeled: Establish the URL for your HPCNet Site.

If you are using the Site ID, enter the number at the end of the URL generated when the page was created.

Select Submit at the top of the page and the following window will appear.

If the site was linked successfully, then the statement "CREATED Site ID is equal to <site id you entered>." If the site was not linked successfully, then the statement "FAILED   Virtual URL is equal to '<virtual url>'."

If you wish to add more links, select Retry at the top of the page. If not, then click Done.

Clicking on Return will close the current window and return you to the update screen for the site that you are working on with the new link(s) displayed in the Links section. Note: It is a good practice to click on this link when you get to the utility screen to confirm that you linked the correct site.

To learn how put text before and after your links, see Enhance Links with Text.

To learn how to make your pre and post text more noticeable, see Easy Text Enhancements with HTML.

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