Create Relative Links

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

Often you will want to provide a hyperlink from one page on your own web site to another page on the same site.

A link to another page (i.e., file)  within your own web site folder is called a relative hyperlink.

To create a relative hyperlink to another file in the current web site in Dreamweaver

• Highlight the clickable text.
• Click on the Browse for File button next to the Link text box in the Properties panel. 
• The Select File dialog box will open. Navigate to the file within your web site that you want to link to, then click on OK.

If you are working on a large web site with more than one folder and you are linking from a file in one folder to a file in a different folder in the same web site, the link will be displayed with a pathname to designate the relationship between files in different folders in the same web site.

To ensure that the path to the hyperlink is correct when you are creating a relative link, always browse for the file to hyperlink.

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