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How to include clickable (active) links in the press release?
Posted by admin in Press Releases Wednesday, 13 October 2010 18:00 No Comments
You can control which URLs in your press release are clickable and which are not. To include clickable links in your press release body, start them with http://
For example-
| What you enter | What people see | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Visit http://www.prlog.org for details | Visit http://www.prlog.org for details | Activated |
| Visit www.prlog.org for details | Visit www.prlog.org for details | Not Activated |
| Visit <a href=”http://www.prlog.org”> PRLog</a> for details |
Visit PRLog for details | Not Activated |
This will work in the press release body field only. First 3 such URLs in the press release body will be converted to clickable links. The About section is considered part of the body for this purpose. Please note that other press release fields like headline, summary, etc don’t support clickable links.
Also, if you copy and paste from another program, all your clickable links will become plain URLs in the copy-paste process. First 3 URLs starting with http:// will be automatically converted to clickable links when previewing the press release. So, if you can see links in the press release preview, then they’ll show up like that later when the press release is published.
There is no limit on the size of the URLs. Our system can handle both short and long URLs equally well. If you do see an issue, alert us and we’ll fix it.
One final note, for the press release to look professional and not totally promotional, it is recommended to have links in the end of the press release. The software automatically enforces the following rules-
- Links starting before first 200 characters in the press release body are not activated.
- For press release body … (Very easy to meet)
- >2000 characters, 3 links are activated.
- >1500 characters, 2 links are activated.
- >1000 characters, 1 link is activated.
