Step 4: Creating Your Page

6. Creating Links

A. Links connect a specific place in your web page to

• another place in your web page which has been specified by a target (anchor).
• another page within your web site which is linked by its file name.
• any internet web page through linking to that page's URL.

B. Links are easy to create.

• Select (highlight) the text or picture on your page that you want to link to something else.
• Click on Link, Compositon Tool Bar #11, to open the Link dialogue box.
• Enter or type the appropriate information in the link space (target, file name, or URL).
• PC link space is just below "Link to page location or local file."
• MAC link space is just below "URL (Page Location) or File."
• Click OK.
• Click on the links below to view the Link dialogue box.

Link dialogue box--PC
Link dialogue box--MAC

C. Creating and working with Targets.

• Use a Target link to create a place on your page for the text you will later add for your Class/Course Information.
• Below the last item you have typed on your page so far, press Enter about 10 times.
• Go to Target, Composition Toolbar # 12, and open the Target dialogue box.
• All you have to do is type a name (something like "class") for your Target in the box.
• Click OK. A target symbol is now visible on your page.

• Press Enter once and type "Class Information."  Now you have a place to add your text.

• Use the right side vertical scroll bar to scroll back to the beginning of your page where you typed the original title for this information.
• Select the title ("Class Information") and open the Link dialogue box.
• Your target name should be visible below the link space.

• Click on your Target's name to place it in the link space, and then click OK.
• You now have a link to the place on your page where you will type your class information.
• See how your link works by going to Preview.
• Note:  Always establish your target (destination) first.  Then go back to the text that you want link to the target area.

D. Linking to a different page within a web site.
     You will now create a web site by adding a second page which will be linked to your
     home page.

• To start a new page, go to New (#1) and create a page called "students."  Make "students" the title and the file name.  (Follow the directions in Establishing Page Properties.)
• At the top of this page, use Heading# 2 and type "Students' Favorite Web Sites."

• Go down a few spaces and type "Home."
• Select the word Home.

• Open the Link dialogue box.
• Click on Choose File to find the file name of your home page, and click on the file name to enter it into the link space.
• You can also enter the file name by typing it directly into the link space.

• Click OK.
• Click on Save.
• You now have a web site with two pages and one link from the students page back to your home page.

• Close the students page from the File Menu.
• Your home page should still be visible in Composer.
• Now you need to link the home page to the students page.

• Select the topic title,"Students' Favorite Web Sites."
• Either type your students page file name in the link space, or click on Choose File to find and enter your file name.

• Click OK.
• Click on Save.
• Both of your pages are linked to each other.
• Check your links in Preview.

E. Linking to an internet web site/page.

• Find and select Alta Vista on your home page.
• Click on Link to open the Link dialogue box.

• Type http://www.altavista.com in the link space.
• Click OK.

• The selected words, Alta Vista, now form an active link to a search engine that many students like to use.
• If you place your pointer somewhere over this link, you will see its address in the gray bar at the bottom of the Composer screen.

• Repeat the process to link Homework Central to http://www.homeworkcentral.com
• Click on Save.

 
F. Removing links

• To remove a link:
• Select the link.
• Open the Link dialogue box.
• Click on Remove Link.
• Click on OK.
• Warning:  A link will remain active if you don't cut it off.
• Try this-- Choose one of your links.
• Place your pointer at the end of the link and add five spaces.
• If the link line continues, the link is still active and could cause text problems.
• Select the extended part of the link and remove it.

G. And another thing.  The Link dialogue box can also be used to set up your e-mail link.

• To create an e-mail link:
• Somewhere on your home page type the text that indicates your e-mail address. This can be the address itself or something like "Contact me."
• Select this text.
• Open the Link dialogue box and type mailto:youre-mailaddress (no spaces!).
• Click OK.

Mailto in the PC Link Dialogue Box

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