[sims] Adding a Hyperlink

[tben2505]

I know this isn't directly possible in SIMS - but has anyone found a workaround to this?

 

I'd like staff to click something, somewhere in SIMS, that will take them to a custom URL - it happens to be our room changes doc on google drive, but would like to be able to link to a few more, eg parents evening software etc.

 

Anyone found a cheeky way? Using the bulletin and a PDF is about as far as I got - but it's a bit clumsy and takes about 4 clicks. (Yes, that's too many for some!)

 

Cheers

 

T

[forkies]

What about links on desktops? (Windows not sims)

[tben2505]

What about links on desktops? (Windows not sims)

 

I was just wondering if anyone found a way of getting it on SIMS.

 

Adding it to desktops is not appropriate in quite a few ways.

[Banjo]

You can do this from the SIMS Shortcut panel. Create a new Panel add the External shortcut (change from .exe to all files) and choose the document. As long as the document name stays the same and just gets updated each day then it should work. Or you could set everyone's Home Page or Bookmark on the toolbar to be the URL you want them to go to and open up a specific browser from SIMS.

 

I have a horrible feeling that this has to be done at a user level :-(

[tben2505]

You can do this from the SIMS Shortcut panel. Create a new Panel add the External shortcut (change from .exe to all files) and choose the document. As long as the document name stays the same and just gets updated each day then it should work. Or you could set everyone's Home Page or Bookmark on the toolbar to be the URL you want them to go to and open up a specific browser from SIMS.

 

I have a horrible feeling that this has to be done at a user level :-(

 

It does!

[Banjo]

It does!

 

You can bodge it then The Documentation button (top right) opens up a web page for the help files. You could just replace this webpage with your own file or redirect to your room page, or merge the two documents together so users can still access the hyperlinks to the content areas that are on the original index page.

[tben2505]

Now I like the sound of that!

[tben2505]

Works beautifully - and even changes the name of "Documentation" to "Room Changes"

Cheers !