User Guide

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ADOBE GOLIVE CS2
User Guide
Specifying and editing links
Specifying the destination URL for a link
You use the Inspector to specify the destination file or URL for resource and navigational links. You can type the path
to the link’s destination file directly in the Inspector’s URL text box or use any of a variety of methods to specify it,
including dragging files, using the pick whip, browsing, and reusing recently linked files. No matter which method
you use, the path to the destination file appears in the Inspector.
Note: Thepickwhipisalsoconvenientlylocated in otherwindows andpalettes(such as theIn&OutLinks palette) when
you need to link something to a file in the site.
The pop-up menu to the right of the Browse button in the Inspector contains lists of recently linked files you can use
to specify the destination for a link. The lists are organized by categories, including HTML, Images, Misc. URLs,
Anchors, and the last five files that have already been used as the destination for links. The Misc. URLs category
includes links made to PDF files, favorite URLs, or e-mail addresses collected in the External tab of the site window.
See also
“Changing all site URLs or links at once” on page 232
To specify the link’s URL by dragging the destination file
• For resource links, drag an image file or other media file from the Files tab in the site window to the page. The
URL to the source file appears in the Inspector.
• For navigational links, drag an HTML file from the Files tab in the site window to a selected link or text on the
page. The destination URL of the page appears in the Inspector. (If you drag the HTML file to the page without a
selection in it, GoLive creates a hypertext link and uses the filename for the text label.)
You can also drag external URLs, e-mail addresses, and snippets from the site window or Library palette to the page.
(See “About site assets” on page 420.)
To specify the link’s destination by using the pick whip
1 Select the text, object, placeholder icon, or existing link on the page.
2 Do one of the following to specify the destination file:
• Drag a line from pick whip to the destination in the site window, which can be a file or an anchor listed under
the file in the Files tab, or a URL or an e-mail address in the External tab. You can also drag to the Show Page
Properties icon
or an anchor in an open page.
• Alt-drag (Windows) or Command-drag (Mac OS) a line from a selection in the page to the destination file in the
site window or to a destination on the page or another open page (creating an anchor).
If the line recoils, you have released the mouse button too soon or the link can’t be created.
Note: As youdrag, youcan hold thepointer over theSelectWindowbutton onthe toolbartobring awindowtothe
front or hold the pointer over a page in the Files tab in the site window to display a list of anchors under the page.