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Two toolbars are referred to throughout this tutorial:

Primary toolbar
Located in the Contribute menu bar

Toolbar
Located on the floating dialog box
This toolbar changes according to the current activity

Create Hyperlinks

This section discusses creating hyperlinks: external, email, image, and anchor.

Hyperlink types

There are four types of hyperlinks (links):

  1. Traditional links
    • Links to another website (external)
    • Links to other pages on your website
  2. Email links
    • When clicked, the user's email program opens with a new message already addressed to the email addressee
  3. Image links
    • Uses a graphic as a link—your logo, photo, clipart, etc.
  4. Anchor links
    • Links that whisk you to different sections of the same page or another page within your website
    • Return to Top links are most common
    • A Table of Contents that is linked to topics within that page
    • A row of letters from the alphabet to shortcut the process of finding a topic

All links begin with <a…
              …and end with </a>

  1. Click Edit Page (on toolbar)
  2. Choose text or image that will function as the link or just insert the cursor where you want an invisible link
  3. Click Link button

External links


Figure 12. Links dialog box. The first step in creating any links with Adobe Contribute.
  1. Choose Browse to Web Page, Figure 12


    2. Figure 13. The Insert Link dialog box. The final step in setting up a hyperlink.
  2. Use the Browse button OR type the complete web address in the Web address (URL): box, Figure 13.

Email links


Figure 14. Insert Link dialog box. The final step in setting up a hyperlink.
  1. Choose Email Address, Figure 14


    2. Figure 15. This time, in the Insert Link dialog box, you are adding an email link.
  2. Type the email address in the Link Text field, Figure 15
    1. Email address field will fill itself in
  3. Click OK

Image links


Figure 16. Links dialog box. Drafts and Recent Pages… is the first step in setting up an image link in Adobe Contribute.
  1. Choose Drafts & Recent Pages, Figure 16
    1. Under Select a page to link to:
      1. Choose which Page Title you want to link back to
    2. Under Status, choose the draft version (not-yet-published)
  2. Click OK

Anchor links

An anchor link permits the user to click directly to a section of a page on the website.

  1. Choose:

    Figure 17. Links dialog box. Drafts and Recent Pages… is the first step in setting up an anchor link for a not-yet-published page while Browse to Web Page… is for already-published pages.
    1. For a not-yet-published page, Figure 17:
      1. Drafts & Recent Pages
    2. For an already-published page
      1. Browse to Web Page
  2. Check that the text in the Link Text box is accurate


    3. Figure 18. This time, in the Insert Link dialog box, you are adding an internal, or anchor, link.

    Notice that the dialog box at the central box—it shows all the anchor links currently on this particular page.
  3. Browse for or enter the web address to which you want to connect the link
    1. Under Advanced Options, Section Anchor shows all the anchor possibilities for that page
    2. Verify in the Preview window that the correct page is showing
  4. Click OK

Enter a link's destination

  1. Select the link text / image
  2. Select Format
  3. Link Properties
  4. The Insert Link dialog box lets you change the link type using one of the buttons from the top row:
    1. Drafts - a file which has not yet been published
    2. New page - a new file
    3. Browse - an existing web page
    4. Email - create an email address link
    5. File - link to a document (not a web page)
    6. Anchor - link that jumps to a section of the current or another page on the same website
  5. Type a new address or browse to an already-published web page

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As a self-taught artist, Kathy was frustrated by the lack of information on taking her career to a more professional level while meeting legal guidelines and learning about legal hiccups. Her drive for information fueled her to interview numerous professionals and compiled the information into a monthly news column. She now leads workshops and is converting the news columns into this continuing series of how-to books.

Kathy has a BS in Technical Writing & Editing with minors in Digital Media and History from Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO and is the author of Accounting for the SMALL Businessperson, How Copyright Applies to the Artist, the Buyer, the Employer/e, the Sold Artwork, Dealing with Photographs, Slides, Digital Images, and Surviving the Outdoor Arts Festival.

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