(X)HTML / Document Content

I have a page where I’ve successfully done the following using just the "Document Content":
President John Doe 555-1212 email: [email protected] (Using FSCKEditor link).

I would like to do the same for something like:
<a href="usage.html" title="Using this web site">Using this Web Site</a>.

However, this causes the entire text to appear on the page. How can I just have the text "Using this web site"
be a link to another page ?

I’d also like to be able to click on a menu button (i.e. "Contact Us") and go straight to a mailto link like the follow does:

<a href="mailto:[email protected]" title="Contact Us">Contact Us</a>

Can I do this within the "Document Content" , or does html need to be in a chunk or a template ?

At least my menus look nice at this point

If you try to write that HTML tag into the editor, it will encode the tags and you’ll end up with the text. If you want to insert links into your text, use the link button in the editor’s menu bar.

Thanks

You can also manually insert HTML by opening the editors HTML window. There is a button in the editor with html on it that when clicked will open a new window with the raw code so that you can insert straight html. You can also turn off the editor and work with html directly, I do this and only turn on the editor before delivering the site.

I am using version 2.3.2 build 1082. There is a button marked source, but not HTML. Is it different in a later release ?
Is version 2.5.1 compatible with MODx 0.9.6.1 ?

It’s HTML in TinyMCE, the default RTE now. Use The Source

With TinyMCE I used "HTML", with FCKEditor I used "Source".
In both cases, my nicely formatted xhtml was "rearranged."
TinyMCE was "kinder" than FCKEditor

Can I prevent either from "obfuscating" my code ?
Can I install my own editor such as vim ?

You can turn off the RTE editor for each document. THis is how I work, then only use it for clients to update certain documents.

I’m with dev_cw.
The RTE is the devil in disguise!

Thanks for all the replies and suggestions