Building a Web Site - Adding Links Between Pages

You have planned a web site, created a folder, created a generic web page and saved it as several other pages. You have added content. Now, it is time to set the links between the pages. The links you create should match the ones you planned in your storyboard. Each web editor has it little tricks for creating links. It is a good idea to make creating the links the last step because mostly you will be clicking on other web pages to indicate where a link will go. Lets see some examples of setting a link from this page back to the first page called "index.htm".

In DreamWeaver:

Next,

In Microsoft Word or Microsoft FrontPage:

Then choose the file from the list:

One last example, Nvu Web Editor:

Then select the file to link to.

The process is always the same: select the text that will become a link, then click on the file to link to. The problem is that the link buttons don't all look the same are are located in different places.

The steps:

• plan the web site
• create a folder to hold the web site and all its graphics
• create a generic page
• save the generic page as each page you plan on creating
• add content to the pages
• add links between the pages