Chapter 9: Working With Links; Creating Text And Image Links - MACROMEDIA CONTRIBUTE 3 - USING AND ADMINISTERING CONTRIBUTE Use Manual

A hypertext link, often called a link, creates a connection from one page to another page. In a web
page, links are typically underlined and differentiated by color from the surrounding text. When a
visitor to your website clicks a link in one page, another page opens.
Visitors use links to navigate your website. When you add a new page to a website, you have to
add a link to the new page on an existing page. Then, users can click the link in the existing page
to view the new page.
When you add a link to a page, the link is not live until you publish the page (see
Your Page" on page
Browser feature to test the link and make sure it works.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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"Creating text and image links" on page 127
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"Setting the advanced linking options" on page 137
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"Editing links" on page 142
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"Testing links" on page 144

Creating text and image links

In Macromedia Contribute, you can make text or images in your web page act as links. When a
visitor to your website clicks a link—specified text or an image—the browser takes the visitor to
another web page or file, or starts their e-mail application.
Your text or image can link to any of the following:
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A current draft or a recently published page
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A new web page, which Contribute creates at the same time as the link
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An existing web page
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An e-mail address
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An existing file on your
Note: To link to items in your Macromedia Breeze account, see
and meetings" on page
151). Before you publish a page with a link, you should use the Preview in
on your website or on another website
computer, such as a Microsoft Word or PDF file
135.
Working with Links
on your website
"Linking to Breeze content, training,
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"Publishing
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