Changing one URL changed all URLs in the email

Changing the URL destination on the Hyperlinks tab of an email also changed other URL destinations were changed.

Link names must be unique in the email template.

The following sample HTML code uses the same name for three links:

<html>
     <head>
     </head>
     <body>
          <p> Hello %%First Name%%,</p>
          <p>You are the lucky recipient of my first <a xt="SPCLICK" name="yourcompany_com" href="http://www.yourcompany.com" target="_blank">round</a>
Email template! Please let me know if this email is an easy read. Do you still like %%Snack%% and %%Soft Drink%%? I am planning a gathering for
all winning recipients of this email.>/p>
          <p></p>
          <p></p>
          <p><a xt="SPCLICK" name="yourcompany_com" href="http://www.yourcompany.com" target="_blank">same link</a></p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Thank You!</p>
          <p>LaToya Johnson</p>
          <p></p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Please let me know if you would like to unsubscribe from emails.</p>
          <p></p>
          <p><a xt="SPCLICK" name="yourcompany_com" href="http://www.yourcompany.com" target="_blank">same link</a></p>
          <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pages04.net/yourcompany-cs-latoyajohnson/hostedimages/" name="www_pages04_net_yourcompany_cs_1"
xt="SPCLICK"</a></p>
     </body>
</html>

In the Hyperlinks tab, the email template shows only two links on the Hyperlinks tab. This issue occurs because the name is not unique.

To resolve this issue, go to the Source View or import an HTML file. The following HTML code sample shows that the names were changed. The URL destinations are still the same.

<html>
     <head>
     </head>
     <body>
          <p> Hello %%First Name%%,</p>
          <p>You are the lucky recipient of my first <a name="yourcompany_com1" xt="SPCLICK" href="http://www.ibm.com" target="_blank">round</a>
Email template! Please let me know if this email is an easy read. Do you still like %%Snack%% and %%Soft Drink%%? I am planning a gathering for
all winning recipients of this email.>/p>
          <p></p>
          <p></p>
          <p><a name="yourcompany_com2" xt="SPCLICK" href="http://www.ibm.com" target="_blank">same link</a></p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Thank You!</p>
          <p>LaToya Johnson</p>
          <p></p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Please let me know if you would like to unsubscribe from emails.</p>
          <p></p>
          <p><a name="yourcompany_com3" xt="SPCLICK" href="http://www.ibm.com" target="_blank">same link</a></p>
          <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.pages04.net/yourcompany-cs-latoyajohnson/hostedimages/" name="www_pages04_net_yourcompany_cs_1"
xt="SPCLICK"</a></p>
     </body>
</html>

In the Hyperlinks tab, the email template now shows all four links in the HTML. You can now see the three links with the unique names even though the URL destinations are the same.

You can edit each link, and the change shows on the link that was changed. The following HTML code sample shows that the links were edited.

<html>
     <head>
     </head>
     <body>
          <p> Hello %%First Name%%,</p>
          <p>You are the lucky recipient of my first <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ibm.com" name="yourcompany_com1" xt="SPCLICK">round</a>
Email template! Please let me know if this email is an easy read. Do you still like %%Snack%% and %%Soft Drink%%? I am planning a gathering for
all winning recipients of this email.>/p>
          <p></p>
          <p></p>
          <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.yourcompany.com" name="yourcompany_com2" xt="SPCLICK">same link</a></p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Thank You!</p>
          <p>LaToya Johnson</p>
          <p></p>
          <p></p>
          <p>Please let me know if you would like to unsubscribe from emails.</p>
          <p></p>
          <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.yourcompany.com/Partners/partners-overview/" name="yourcompany_com3" xt="SPCLICK">same link</a></p>
          <p><a xt="SPCLICK" name="www_pages04_net_yourcompany_cs_1" href="http://www.pages04.net/yourcompany-cs-latoyajohnson/hostedimages/ 
target="_blank""</a></p>
     </body>
</html>

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