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Links: Dreamweaver 4:
Create Absolute Links

A hyperlink is a direct connection from the current location of the cursor to another location.

Most familiar to web site visitors is the hyperlink that takes them to another place on the web.  For example, when you use a search engine it presents you with a list of hyperlinks to a variety of web sites that might have the information you are looking for.

Such a link is called an absolute hyperlink. The absolute hyperlink goes out to a file external to the current web site.

To create an absolute hyperlink in Dreamweaver
  • Highlight the clickable text.
  • Type the complete URL, including the http:// protocol, in the Link text box in the Property Inspector.


 

Property Inspector

If you don't know the URL of the site you want to link to, browse the World Wide Web to locate the site. To do so:
  • When you have found the site and the web page you want to link to, highlight the URL.  
  • Press Control + C to copy the URL
  • Return to Dreamweaver and place your cursor in the Link text box. 
  • Press Control + P to paste the URL in the text box. 


Links: Dreamweaver 4
Overview
Create Absolute Links
Create Relative Links
Create Mailto Links
Create Internal Links
Open a Link in a New Window

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