Who says you can only link to one piece of content in a hyperlink?  With Apture you can include up to 7!

We aren’t kidding. Look at the YouTube video above for Taylor Swift.  It is not just a YouTube video, because now you can learn about who Taylor Swift is, what people are saying about her on Twitter and even watch some of her other videos all within one link.  Making an embed like this with a ton of relevant content not only keep your readers more engaged, but could potentially keep them away from searching through Google for more information about Ms. Swift. Now I know what you are thinking? You said you can link to 7 items,  not embedding them on your page.  Well with Apture you can do that too.

So How Do You Build One?:

1. Start with a great piece of content by selecting it in the Apture Media Hub.  If you do not have Apture installed on your blog or site yet click here.

2.  After you have selected your main piece of content you are going to see an Add Related Items button.  Click it to add more content!

3.  Once you click that button Apture will take you back to the search results box for you to select another piece of content.  You can add up to 6 additional links with your main item.  In this case we are going to add links to Amazon, Twitter and a few other of Taylor Swift’s videos.  Once you have added all the additional content you need click Create Embed/Link.

4.  That’s it you have now built a dynamic embed or link containing up to 7 pieces of content!  Check it out below.

You will notice each one of the pieces of content above “blooms” into its own micro window allowing your readers to not only view it, but do it in a way that does not cover up what they were originally reading.

Have you ever wanted to reuse a link you previously made with Apture?  Well now you can using our Previously Linked Feature.

1.  Highlight the text you would like to link and click the Apture Link in your publishing Toolbar.

2.  Put in the text associated with the link you are looking for and click Go within the Apture Media Hub and look for the results under Linked By The Community.

3.  Click the By the Community Pull down menu and you can select On This Site or By Me to view links you or one of your editors have previously used with Apture.

4.  Thats it!  Hit Create Link after selecting the content you want and you are done

For additional Tips & Tricks click here or if you want to see what Lijit is all about perform a search on the site using the widget to the right.

Sometimes you want to leave comments about the content you are linking to with Apture to further educate your readers.  It is actually quite easy when building Apturized content to leave a comment below content or even change the Title of the content you selected.  Below are detailed instructions on how to do this along with some great examples.

1.  After selecting the content you want to feature with Apture click the pulldown menu Show: Preview & Options and select Title & Caption.

2.  Once you have selected Title & Caption you can add a personal note that will live at the bottom of that content when viewed.  Once you have changed the Title and Caption hit Create Link.

Below is a screenshot of what your users will see when they click your Apturized links as well as a few links with some great captions.

Examples:

• Tom Brady
• Iron Man
• Glee
• Ecuador

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