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Click Apply.
Note: You cannot apply a transition effect to a link when it links to an anchor, a file, a pop-up layer or
pop-up photo. You also cannot apply transitions to a link in a navigation bar. However you can apply
effects directly to a page or layer
, so page and layer contents can still display an effect when they open on the web page. The link
transition takes precedence when both the link and the page it loads have a transition applied.
Link to Anchor
You can link to any text or object anywhere in your website by using 'anchors'. First you need to apply a
name to the object you want to link to. This is called the anchor. Right click the item (which can be a
graphic or some text) and then select Names or choose Names from the Utilities menu to display the
name dialog. Enter any unique name you like and click Add
.
To link to this anchor from anywhere in your website (a button or just a link on some text) open the link
dialog (shown above), and choose from the Link to anchor
drop down list of names.
Link to File
Sometimes you may want to provide a document, movie or other file to visitors to your site. To do this
use the Link to file
option. Select the object on your page that you want to link to the file. Then choose the Link to file
option and browse for your file.
This copies the file into a support folder alongside your design file, so that the file gets published along
with the rest of your site. The folder is named using the name of your design file, with "_files" appended.
Click OK, preview your page and try the link. When you want to modify the file, just go through the
same process - browse for your new/updated file. See the Web Properties dialog chapter for more
information on this feature, and the Document Handling chapter for information about support folders
.
Changing Button Text
This is easy - in the Text Tool
, just click on the button text and edit it.
Hint
: if you triple-click on the button text that selects the whole line of text for easy replacement when you
type.
Note
: You can't edit the text of navigation bars this way, if the bar is set to be a site navigation bar. You need
to edit the labels using the Navigation Bar Properties dialog instead - double-click a navigation bar to
display it.
Mouseover (Rollover) Buttons
You will have noticed that most buttons highlight as you move the mouse pointer over them in your
browser. This is called a mouseover, or sometimes a rollover effect. This is all automatic for most buttons
used in the templates or from the Button section of the Designs Gallery
.
For the more advanced user: this mouseover effect is created using Named Layers. In fact the buttons
are Soft Groups that consist of two styles, the mouse-off and the mouse-over styles on separate layers.
The Soft Group means that both layers are changed at the same time when you do anything to the button,
such as change the text, or move or resize it. See the Layers
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