If you no longer wish to have a link or legislation published within your Resource but wish to keep it for future use, you can disable a link. Disabling a link or legislation hides it without removing it, allowing it to be re-enabled later.
When a link or legislation is disabled, it will also automatically be removed/hidden from any Resources/Questionnaires within which it appeared.
If you would like to permanently delete a link or legislation, please see our Delete a link guide.
This guide covers:
How to disable a link
- Firstly, go to Admin Area (#1 in the screenshot below) then click on 'Links' (#2 in the screenshot below).
2. First, choose either Links or Legislation based on the item you wish to change (#3 in the screenshot above), and then search for the link in the search bar (#4 in the screenshot above). Once you have located the link, click on its title to open it (#5 in the screenshot above).
3. Now that you have opened the title of the link, you will be taken to a page which provides further detail about the link you have created.
3. Now that you have opened the title, you will be taken to a page dedicated to that link or legislation. The grey button with a check mark (#6 in the screenshot above) shows that the link is active. Click on this button to disable the link or legislation (#6 in the screenshot above).
4. Select Yes to delete the link or legislation permanently (#7 in the screenshot above).
5. A confirmation banner will appear (#8 in the screenshot above), and the icon will change to show the link or legislation has been disabled (#9 in the screenshot above).
Please note the once the item has been disabled, you do not need to remove it within your Resources/Questionnaires since, it will automatically be hidden from any guides in which it appeared.
How to activate a disabled link
Activating a link will cause a previously disabled link to reappear in any guides/questionnaires within which it was previously shown.
- Click on the Admin Area in the header bar (#1 in the screenshot below) then click on 'Links' (#2 in the screenshot below). Select the 'Active' button (#3 in the screenshot below).
2. The list will be updated to show all the links which have been disabled (as indicated by #4 in the screenshot below).
3. Choose either Links or Legislation based on the item you wish to change (#5 in the screenshot below), and then search the list of disabled links in the search bar (#6 in the screenshot below). Once you have located the link, click on its title to open it (#7 in the screenshot below).
4. When you have opened the link you wish to re-activate, you will be shown more details about the link. As you can see this link has been disabled (#7 in the screenshot below). Click on this button to re-activate the link (#8 in the screenshot below).
5. Select Yes to activate the link (#9 in the screenshot below).
6. A confirmation banner will appear (#10 in the screenshot below), and the icon will change to show the link has been activated (#11 in the screenshot below).
7. Please note the once the link has been activated, it will automatically be shown in any guides in which it previously appeared. You can see a list of any resources and questionnaires in which the link appears (#12 in the screenshot above.)
To add a Link to a Resource, please see our Help Guide Add/Remove a Link to/from a Resource.