Linking a Phone number or Email

Because many people are accessing our websites on mobile devices, it is important to make phone numbers and emails clickable links whenever possible.

Using RED components

Several components in the RED platform allow you to include phone and email links. These components include the call to action and highlight contact components.

If you are trying to provide contact info for an internal employee, you can also create a profile for them and feature that profile on your page, using the highlight directory component.

• Call to action

• Highlight contact

• Highlight directory

Adding Phone and Email Links in a Text block

• You can add an email in a text block by pasting the URL like this: "mailto:[e-mail]". If you add just '[e-mail]' without the 'mailto:' the browser will consider it as a page and lead to a Page not Found. eg: <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</a> will result in [e-mail]

• You can add a telephone link to a text block by pasting the url like this: "tel:[phone]". Do not add dashes, brackets or anything else. eg: <a href="tel:[phone]">[phone]</a> will result in [phone]

More Information About Phone Numbers

Make sure to follow the correct phone number formatting conventions.

Phone & Fax Number Formatting