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Creating a link to another
page using a graphical button is only a few steps but
is one of the most important parts of creating and maintaining
a web site. Here are the steps to linking an image to
another page on your site.
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Select the image you
would like to link from. |
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Go to the "Properties"
dialog box |
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In the "Properties"
dialog box there is a text area that says Links.
It looks like this. 
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Click the folder on
the right side of the text area. |
5)
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Select the file you
would like to link to. |
Yep! That's
it. So why is it so hard to make these pages work?
Well there are a million other things you need to
think about when creating that link. Here's a few
that people often miss.
Your site hierarchy. If you do not have a good file
hierarchy or your pages are not in the site you're
creating you will get broken links. In order to
solve having a bad file hierarchy click
here.
Another common mistake that people make is there
are spaces in the name of the file they are linking
to. Remember the web doesn't know what a space is
in code. So if you have a space in the name of the
file you are linking to it's going to look something
like this. your%20file%20here.html. The Internet
replaces the space with %20 and will cause your
page to show up as a missing page.
Another thing to think about is where you would
like your link to show up. If you are creating a
link to an outside source you will need to put the
whole URL in the links section. So follow the steps
above an below and when you get to the click the
folder you are going to type the URL into the links
section on the "Properties" dialog box.
A whole URL is http://www.kemurshel.com. Some URLS
are different like our web site. Instead of having
a WWW we have a WAVE. This is something you need
to pay attention to when linking outside your site.
OPENING A NEW WINDOW WITH A LINK
If you are linking to an outside site you might
not want your viewer to leave your site. If this
is the case then you might want to pop a new browser
window. The way you do that is when you are adding
the link just to the right of it is a text area
that says "Target." Once you have selected
a link the "Target" area will allow you
to select "_blank", _self", "_parent"
or _top. To pop a new window simply select "_blank." |
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#ONE
Create a home page using PhotoShop, Illustrator,
FreeHand, or Fireworks.
Due 02+10+03
#TWO
Adding Rollovers and Buttons
Due 02+26+03
#THREE
(midterm)
Create pages that correlate with your buttons and
upload them using FTP.
Due 03+17+03
#FOUR
We had to skip this one.
Due 04+02+03
#FIVE
Create a flash into for your web site with a skip
button and add it to your site.
Download PDF here
Due 04+21+03
#SIX
(final)
Create a final web site to display your art and
things that interest you. 5 Pages minimum and a
Flash intro.
Due 05+12+03 |
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