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CHAPTER 9
Working with Links
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:
• “Creating text and image links” on page 101
• “Setting the advanced linking options” on page 110
• “Editing links” on page 115
• “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:
• A current draft or a recently published page on your website
• A new web page, which Contribute creates at the same time as the link
• An existing web page on your website or on another website
• An e-mail address for someone
• An existing file on your computer, such as a Microsoft Word or PDF file
For information about editing links, see “Editing links” on page 115. For information about
testing links, see “Testing links” on page 117.