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

A hyperlink, often called a link, creates a connection from one page to another page. In a web
page, a link is typically a different color than the surrounding text and is underlined. When a
visitor to your website clicks a link in one page, another page opens.
Links enable visitors 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 on your website. Then, users can click the link in
the existing page to access the new page.
When you add a link to a page, the link is not live until you publish the page (see "Publishing
Your Page" on page 125). Before you publish a page with a link, you should use the Preview in
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 101
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"Setting the advanced linking options" on page 110
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"Editing links" on page 115
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"Testing links" on page 117

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 launches 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
For information about editing links, see "Editing links" on page 115. For information about
testing links, see "Testing links" on page 117.
on your website or on another website
for someone
computer, such as a Microsoft Word or PDF file
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on your website
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