External Links

overview link to any external resource and keep it in the navbar for users 👨🏻‍🏫 walk through 🌐 when to use a link page use external link pages when you want to link out to vendor sites, hr platforms, or partner portals provide access to documentation hosted elsewhere create shortcuts to internal tools or pages that exist outside the portal 🛠️ creating an external link page go to pages in the admin panel click add page give your page a name (e g , costco link) set the page type to external link paste the full url (e g , https //www costco com) (optional) enable “open in a new tab” if you want the link to launch separately click save 💡 you can preview the link before saving to confirm it’s valid 👤 assigning the link to a user you can assign the external link page to either an individual user , or a group to assign to an individual in the desired workspace, select users from the tabs provided navigate to the user you wish to give access to then click on assigned workspaces select the your desired workspace (e g costco) > individual press the add page icon and choose the external link page you just created from the select bar click save 🧪 what users will see once assigned, the external link will appear in the user’s main navigation menu clicking the link will either open the target site in a new tab (if selected), or load it directly within the portal tab (default behavior) ✅ the link can point to any valid url , whether internal or external ✅ recap setting description page type external link url format full url (e g , https //example com) target behavior open in same tab or new tab assign to individual users or groups appears as navigation item in the user portal 🔐 notes & tips use short, descriptive names for link pages to avoid cluttering the nav bar external links are great for integrating third party tools without embedding full dashboards keep in mind that some sites may restrict being embedded inside an iframe if so, opening in a new tab is best 📎 example use cases company handbook → google drive pdf support portal → zendesk or intercom link sales dashboard → external bi tool (e g , looker studio) order site → vendor websites like https //www costco com