How to use the Related links and What's next components
- Marcella Marino
How and when to add links in the Related links and What's next components.
Related links help the user discover other content available (for example, highlighting Women's equality in the LGBTI Equality section).
What's next links are optional. Only use these if there is a clear next step.
On this page:
Rules for adding related and what’s next links
Create short, descriptive links with no full stop.
No more than 7 links on a page.
Do add links that could be useful for a reader but aren't directly related to the content.
Don't add related links that are already listed in the body content.
Example of link text
Use: Action plan to improve Aboriginal Victorians health and wellbeing
Avoid using: Korin Korin Balit-Djak (the actual name of the document) as it doesn't make it clear what is behind the link.
Follow the Australian Government Style Manual when using capitalisation.
What we don’t link to
Media entities (for example, The Age or Herald Sun)
Commercial entities (unless there is a relationship or case study to highlight)
Videos (we embed them)
PDFs or Word documents (we embed them in the main page using the document embed feature, which includes a display of format and file size for accessibility). If you’re adding a file to the page using the document embed feature, you’ll need to produce an equivalent HTML version of the file.
MP's, minister's or political parties' websites
What we link to
Evidence-based links, for example, universities, The Conversation
Related links display
The Related links and What’s next components display on the right hand side of a landing page. If the menu is turned on, the display below the menu. To view the front-end design of these components component, visit vic.gov.au.
How to add related or what’s next links
Expand either the Related links or What’s next section.
Make sure the checkbox is ticked so the links will display.
Related links
What’s next
To add related links, select the Add related links button.
Paste in the URL and type in your link text.