# URL Linking
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-linking/61506
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 19, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-linking/61506 "2004-08-19T04:58:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Vargus](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Vargus)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2004, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-linking/61506/1 "2004-08-19T04:58:42Z")
How do you make it so that when you click on a button named “hyperlink” it goes to a certain url?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-linking/61506/2 "2004-08-19T05:01:30Z")
Select your button and then open the Actions panel (F9). Insert this:[AS]on (release) {
getURL(“[http://www.siteName.com](http://www.siteName.com)”,"\_self");
}[/AS]
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-linking/61506/3 "2004-08-19T05:02:31Z")
> [@wizard](#):
>
> Select your button and then open the Actions panel (F9). Insert this:[AS]on (release) {
> getURL(“[http://www.siteName.com](http://www.siteName.com)”,“\_self”);
> }[/AS]
thanks and i cant wait for halo 2 either 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 19, 2004, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/url-linking/61506/4 "2004-08-19T05:04:59Z")
> [@Vargus](#):
>
> …i cant wait for halo 2 either 🙂
:thumb:
And you’re welcome. :}