Linking Your Page with other Web Pages

To create a link in HTML, you will need two things:

1. The name of the file or URL you wish to link to.
2. Text or an image which will serve as the HOT SPOT on your page for the link.

The link tag is <A>, however we will need to use some attributes for this tag to make it work. Attributes are additional information included with the HTML tag that contain options or additional information about how the tag should work.

Creating Links in FrontPage

To link to a page or file in your web site:

1. Select either text or a picture.
   Note: If you do not select text or a picture, the destination URL is displayed as the hyperlink text.
2. Click Insert Hyperlink .
3. Under Link to, click Existing File or Web Page.
4. Select the page or file you want.
   

To link to a page or file on the World Wide Web:

1. Select either text or a picture.
   Note: If you do not select text or a picture, the destination is displayed as the hyperlink text.
2. Click Insert Hyperlink .
3. Under Link to, make sure that Existing File or Web Page is selected.
4. Click the World Wide Web icon.
5. In your Web browser, browse to the page that you want to link to, and then press ALT+TAB to switch back to Microsoft FrontPage. The location of the page you visited is displayed in the Address box.
6. Alternately, you can type the URL in the Address box.

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1. Position the insertion point where you want to create a bookmark, or select the text to which you want to assign the bookmark.
2. On the Insert menu, click Bookmark.
3. In the Bookmark name box, type the name of the bookmark (spaces are allowed.)

Note: If text is bookmarked, the text is displayed with a dashed underline. The dashed underline will not display in the browser.
 

1. Select the text or a picture you want to use as a link.
2. Click Insert Hyperlink.
3. Select the page that contains the bookmark, and then click the Bookmark button.
4. In the Select Place in Document box, click the bookmark you want to use as the destination, and then click OK.

Note: You can have more than one bookmark on a page.

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Linking to an Email address

1. Select either text or a picture.
   Note: If you do not select text or a picture, the destination e-mail address and subject are displayed as the hyperlink text.
2. Click Insert Hyperlink.
3. Under Link to, click E-mail Address.
4. Either type the e-mail address you want in the E-mail address box, or select an e-mail address in the Recently used e-mail addresses box.
5. In the Subject box, type the subject of the e-mail message.

Example HTML used for linking to files

Common Problems With Linking