Editing and managing your links

Your links library is the list of every smart link you have made. It is where you go to change a page, check a page, search for one you made months ago, or take one offline when a campaign is over.

Go to My Website then Smart Links to open it.

Reading the list

Each row shows you the cover art, the title, the artist, the page address, and how many streaming services the page carries. An archived link also carries an Archived badge.

On the right of each row are four controls:

• The chart icon opens that link's numbers. See Smart link analytics.
• Edit opens the link for changes.
• The archive icon takes the link down. On an archived link this becomes a restore icon.
• The open icon opens the live page in a new tab, exactly as a fan sees it.

Finding a link

Type in the search box at the top to filter by title, artist, or address. It searches as you type.

Next to it is a button that flips between Show archived and Show live. Your library shows live links by default, so anything you have taken down is one click away rather than gone.

Editing a link

Click Edit on any row. You get the same form you filled in when the link was created, already populated, split into three sections.

• Release holds the title, address, artist, cover art, preview clip, and the pixel for this page.
• Look holds the layout and the colours. See Page layouts and Theming your link page.
• Streaming services holds the buttons and their order.

Change what you need and click Save. The live page updates, so anyone who opens the address from that moment sees the new version. There is nothing to publish again for a link change.

At the bottom of the edit screen there is one extra card that is not on the create screen: Page actions for this music link. That is where you add a signup form, a product, or a donation button under the streaming buttons on this one release. See Page actions.

Adding, removing and reordering services

In the Streaming services section:

• Add a service adds a row. Pick the service, paste its address.
• The up and down arrows move a row. The order here is the order on the page.
• The bin icon removes a row.

Order matters more than people expect. The first two buttons take most of the taps, so lead with the services your audience actually uses. Your own numbers will tell you which those are after a release or two.

Changing the title

Safe to do any time. The title on the page and the title in your library both update.

Changing the address

Possible, but think first. The address is what you put in your bio, in ads, in past emails, and possibly on printed material. Changing it means every one of those old references stops working, and there is no way to fix a poster after the fact.

If a link is already out in the world, the safest move is to leave its address alone and make a new link if you need a different one.

Taking a link down

When a campaign wraps up, archive the link rather than worrying about deleting it.

1. Find the link in your library.
2. Click the archive icon on its row.

You get a confirmation that the link has been taken down. From that moment the address stops serving the page.

Archived links are kept, not deleted. Nothing about the page is lost, and the numbers it already gathered stay available.

Bringing a link back

1. Click Show archived to switch your library to archived links.
2. Find the link and click the restore icon on its row.

You get a confirmation and the link is live again at its original address.

There is one case where restoring fails: if another link took that address while this one was archived, the restore is refused, because two links cannot share an address. Change the other link's address first, then restore.

What to do next

• Page actions to add a call to action under the streaming buttons.
• Tracking and pixels to measure a release's ad campaign on its own.
• Smart link analytics to see which service your fans are choosing.