Creating a LibGuide

You'll need to get the URL for the specific tab you want to link to. To do this, you must be on the the public page of the guide - not the backend.

From the public view of the guide,

1. Right-click on the tab you want to link to.
2. Choose "Copy link address."

Then, paste this URL into the Link URL field of a Link Asset or, use it to create a Hyperlinked Rich Text Link.

You can hide tabs within a tabbed box using a little CSS by following the steps below.

• Right-click the tab you want to hide.
• Choose "Inspect".
• Choose "Copy".
• Then select "Copy Selector".
• From the Guide Layout menu, choose "Guide Layout Custom JS/CSS".
• Type your opening style tag: <style>
• Paste the code you copied and ADD {display: none;} to the end.
• Type your closing style tag: </style>

You should have something that looks similar to this:

<style>
#s-lib-ctabs-30584292 > ul > li:nth-child(3) > a{display: none;}
</style>

Here are some important tips:

• The 8-digit number is the content box #; it stays the same regardless of which tab you want to hide. 
• The number in parenthesis following "li:nth-child(3)" refers to the tab order. So if the tab you want to hide is the second tab, that number in parenthesis would need to be 2.

See video example below.

The Link Checker tool is a built-in feature you can use to check your guides for broken links. Please be aware that you may find some false positives, or links that aren’t actually broken, so it’s important to look through each result carefully, replacing or updating those that are truly broken.

To access the Link Checker, 

1. Click Tools from the menu at the top of the page and chose Link Checker.
2. Enter the guide URL or the guide owner to check for broken links.

Note: The Link Checker does not check links included in the rich text boxes, only those that were added as “links.” Text linked within a rich text box will need to be checked manually.

For additional details, watch the LibGuides Training Tidbits: Link Checker Tool training video.

Use a course guide widget list or create a course page that links to the complete list of course guides. Avoid creating individual pages on your guide for specific courses as this requires a significant amount of maintenance.

There may be times when you want a link to have a specific look that you've been able to achieve using the text editor options within a textbox. However, this leaves you inclined to create HTML hyperlinked rich text links instead of the more appropriate Link asset option. 

For example, if you're providing a list of references or articles to review you may want them to follow certain style guidelines. With a little HTML knowledge, you can format Link assets to follow those guidelines.

Reference List Example

You want to create a link to a specific work, however the format should follow style guidelines which require that the title of the work be italicized. 

To achieve this look, you'll need to add <cite> before the title and </cite> after the title as shown below.

Author, A. A. (Year of publication). <cite>Title of work: Capital letter also for subtitle.</cite> Publisher Name. DOI (if available)

Anything in between that <cite> tag will show up as italic. 

Links in Link Asset Description Example

If you're providing a link to a large website and want to call attention to specific pages within that site for your students to review, instead of listing all the pages as separate link assets, you can include links in the asset description for the main website.

For example, you may want to direct students to the Purdue OWL, but specifically to their content on the writing process, plagiarism, and resume writing - all topics you'll cover in your course. 

To do this, create a link asset for Purdue OWL and put the overall website link in the URL field. 

Then add your description. 

Once you have your description written, you can add in hyperlink tags to include links to the various pages.

<a href="url">link text</a>

In this example, the description text would look like this with the hyperlink tags added in.

To embed YouTube videos,

First, from YouTube:

1. Find the video you want to embed.
2. Click Share.
3. Choose Embed.
4. Copy the code from the pop up window.

Then, in LibGuides:

1. Click Add/Resources.
2. Choose Media/Widget.
3. Enter the name of the video.
4. Paste the copied code under Embed Code.
5. Click Save.

Reminder: Please make sure that all videos that are added to your guides include either captions or a downloadable transcript. See the Video tab of the Accessibility & Design section of Best Practices page for more information.

You can require a password to access a specific guide.

1. Click on the publication status of your guide (upper right corner).
2. Choose "Access Controls."
3. Click on the Password tab.
4. Enter a password.
5. Click "Save."

If you're interested in the possibility of creating a a restricted group of guides, contact Sarah Reifel.