I;m unable to insert a link for an e-mail message customized using Sharepoint Designer

I;m unable to insert a link for an e-mail message customized using Sharepoint Designer

One of my pet peeves with Front Page was that it didn't handle dynamic Share point links. When you needed it to place a variable into the URL, it would change the hyperlink to an email address.



I am of course assuming that you want the email link in the middle of a web-part. Well, this answer will work in a web part or not.



Unfortunately, when SP Designer came in, I thought, "oh, all the good that is Front Page minus what is bad", oh was I wrong. Sure, it has new features, but c'mon, lets get the bugs out first ok?



Anyway, onward:



Open the document you want to contain the email link in SP Designer.

Right-Click the web-part that contains the text you want to link, and click 'convert to XSLT Data View'

Select the link text (text you want to insert the email link).

Right-click, select 'hyperlink'

type XXX as the address.

Click OK.

Click 'Code View' (lower left corner of the screen).

Move to the top of the document ([CTRL]+[HOME])

Search for 'xxx'

You will see code like this:



Change 'xxx' to whatever you want, such as:





Save your document.

This Question was asked in Sharepoint Customization Category.
Tags : web part
"