# Why are links limited to URLs?
**URL:** https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/t/why-are-links-limited-to-urls/12770
**Category:** Webdesign Help
**Created:** [June 27, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/t/why-are-links-limited-to-urls/12770 "2026-06-27T13:26:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@AlanR](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/u/AlanR)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 1:26pm UTC](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/t/why-are-links-limited-to-urls/12770/1 "2026-06-27T13:26:11Z")
I have followed the tutorial videos & searched the BSS forum and can find no way to link to a file. I am trying to link to a .pdf file and there is no function that allows for this. It appears that links are limited to URLs only.
Thanks in Advance for any assistance.
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### Author:  [@Gondwana](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/u/Gondwana)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 8:35pm UTC](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/t/why-are-links-limited-to-urls/12770/2 "2026-06-27T20:35:30Z")
Even your PDF will have a URL, because you’ll need to host it somewhere (probably).
You can’t include a PDF in a Bootstrap Studio project, but that’s a different issue. Upload your PDF to your server, then use its URL as your Bootstrap Studio link.
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### Author:  [@AlanR](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/u/AlanR)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/t/why-are-links-limited-to-urls/12770/3 "2026-06-27T20:57:16Z")
Understood. --Thanks.
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### Author:  [@timespider](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/u/timespider)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2026, 3:30am UTC](https://forum.bootstrapstudio.io/t/why-are-links-limited-to-urls/12770/4 "2026-07-28T03:30:49Z")
It would be nice to have **tel** , **mailto** : & even **ID** ’s for making bookmark anchors in the link options & not just pages & images.