Sunday, December 28, 2014

How to create am e-mail link in Dreamweaver?

                  An e-mail link opens a new blank message window (using the mail program associated with the user’s browser) when clicked. In the e-mail message window, the To field is automatically updated with the address specified in the e-mail link.

To create an e-mail link using the Insert E-mail Link command:
1.                  In the Document window’s Design view, position the insertion point where you want the e-mail link to appear, or select the text or image you want to appear as the e-mail link.
2.                  do one of the following to insert the link:
·        Choose Insert > E-mail Link>
·        Select the common tab in the Insert bar, and then click the Insert E-Mail Link button.
The E-mail Link dialog box appears.
3.                  Complete the dialog box like:
            Text: Click here
      4.         Click on Ok

To create an e-mail link using the Property inspector:
1.                  Select text or an image in the Document window’s Design view.
2.                  In the link text box of the Property inspector, type mailto: followed by an e-mail address.
Do not type any spaces between the colon and the e-mail address. For example, type mailto:xxxx_123@yahoo.com

Creating a web link:
1.                  A web link opens a pre-defined site when clicked.
2.                  Select text or image you want to appear as a web link.
3.                  In the Link text box of the Property inspector, type http:// followed by web address.
Do not type any spaces between the colon and the web address. For example, type http://www.computertextbook.com
4.                  Choose_blank from the target dropdown menu.
5.                  Type some description like:computertextbook.com in the Alt box of the Property inspector.

Example of an External Linking:
                                                                                          Main folder: Macromedia
Site Name: Dreamweaver


Procedure:
1.                  First create a root directory (main folder) inside the any location of hard disk.
2.                  Define a required site name. For more information, follow To define a site chapter.
Then Site Window with Local folder appears.
3.                  Right click on the Local folder and click on New page.
4.                  Rename a page like index.html.
5.                  Right click on index.html page and click on Set as Home Page.
6.                  Similarly add other new pages under the root folder and rename these pages as per your requirement. (Here I am creating two pages sof.html and hard.html)
7.                  Give double click on Home page i.e. index.html and design as a Homepage, as shown in above example.
8.                  Similarly design other pages by double clicking on the pages from site window, as shown in above example.
9.                  Close all pages except Home page.
10.              Select required text or image, which you want to hyperlink with other web pages.
11.              Define required URL (linked page) inside the link box at properties bar. i.e. type the name of linked page with extension.
12.              Save all pages and close except Home page.
13.              At last, view its preview in Browser by using F12 key.