Lesson 10
 

Creating - Working with and Verifying Hyperlinks
 

A Hyperlink, is an area, word or graphic you or others assign a *hyper* link to, when a person clicks on a hyperlink it takes them to another area of your website, or outside your web to another site you've linked to. Hyperlinks are the roadways to all connections on the internet.  The below Graphic Shows in part the roadmap of hyperlinks for this website. It shows in part the pages that are linked to the Index *home* page.  *Your navigational structure within your web is your personal road map*

A website will not function properly if you have broken *hyper* Link (s).
( A broken link means,  the URL *definition of a URL: is the address/link needed to access a page, file or graphic*  

Example: to access the home page of this website you would need to type in the following URL: https://members.tripod.com/asthewebturns0/ . Or click the home button in the navigation supplied on this page. Or click on the underlined hyperlink asthewebturns itself. * most times a Text hyperlink is underlined so you'll recognize it as a link you can use.

If the URL is miss typed or faulty, your viewers will get an error message saying page not found. This tells you the link is broken! ( Info about fixing broken links later).

There are many kinds of hyperlinks:

1. To link your website pages together

2. To Link to other WebPages outside your website

3. To collect feedback from visitors by Creating and E-mail Link

4. To link to files or graphics

5. You can even create a link to a page you have not created yet.

To Create a Hyperlink you will need to follow the steps below.

1. Select the text * by starting with the first letter you wish in your link.
    Left Click and hold the mouse button while dragging your mouse to the last letter of your desired text.  This will highlight the text.*

2. Now right click on the highlighted text

3. Choose Hyperlink

4. And link to your file or graphic by typing the link in the address text area or pasting it there.

Lets Create A E-mail Hyperlink To show the steps involved.

1. Create a text message something like contact me, or email.

2. Left click behind the letter C *in contact me* Do not let go of the mouse button! Drag your mouse till you have highlighted all the letters of the *Contact Me* text.

3. Now right click the highlighted text and choose hyperlink

4. IN the Address box Type the e-mail address you wish folks to use to contact you.

 Another way to do this is:

1. Highlight the contact me text

2. Right click and choose hyperlink or Click the hyperlink button on your standard tool bar * it looks like a world with a chain link beneath it.

3. Click the email Icon on the left of your hyperlink popup dialog box

4. The dialog box will change *See below graphic it now includes specific fields pertaining to email* Fill in the e-mail address area with the e-mail you wish folks to contact you at. 

5. Fill in the Subject line to your preferences: Example you could put As The World Turns Feed-Back.

6. Click OK once you have filled in the desired information. NOTE: * When the link is clicked by a web visitor, a message window launches with the address you entered to contact you. Folks just have to type there message and send.

Creating a Link to a File:

To link to an existing file on your hard drive you can either drag the file into FrontPage, placing it into the folder of your choice or do the following.

1. Highlight the text you want to use for the link

2. Right click the highlighted text and or the desired graphic.

3. Now choose the file you wish to link to.. you'll see the following dialog box

4. If your file is on your hard drive click the circled down arrow in above graphic and fine your file.

5. Click on the file to choose it

6. Click Ok.. You now have your file linked to the text. 

7. Save your page.

Don't forget to double check you've save the file *itself* into your web! Be it graphic etc. linking to a file on your hard drive isn't enough.. the file must also show up in your website folders.

To Create External Hyperlinks:

You can easily create a link to another web if you know the URL as discussed above. After highlighting your text and right clicking or right clicking your graphic. choose hyperlink, You would type that URL in the Address Text Box * see above graphic* Click ok and you've got your link.

A few tips here:

Using the Screen Tip Button in the insert hyperlink dialog box lets you add a bit of text that will appear when a visitor points the mouse at a link. ( but doesn't click the link, this is a hovering effect.)

To quickly test your hyperlinks in Page view *in normal mode*, hold the Ctrl Key and click the link.  OR Right Click the link and select follow Hyperlink.

Also if you publish you page and your graphics don't show, there's a good chance you linked to the graphic on your hard drive, yet didn't save it to your web.  Or your hyperlink if faulty.

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