Netscape 7 Composer
Links and Targets

There are a few different types of links. You can have a link to a different page in your account, a completely different page on the Internet, or to a different section of your current page (commonly known as targets or anchors).

To link to another page you've created:

  1. Highlight the text you want linked (as shown below).



  2. Then click on the Link button on your toolbar.



  3. You will be shown the following screen. To link to another page you've created type the name of the file under Link Location. **Please note: you MUST type it exactly as it is named or the link will not work properly.



  4. Click on OK. You will see the text you selected is now hyperlinked.



    **Please note: for the link to work properly, you will need to publish the file you have linked to. Please see the Publish section for instructions on how to do this.

To link to an external page:

  1. Highlight the text you want linked.



  2. Click on the Link button on your toolbar. You will see the following window.



  3. In the field under Link to, type the full address of the page you want to link to.



  4. Click on OK. You will see the text you have selected is now hyperlinked.

To link to another section in your page:

To do this you will be using both Targets and Links. Targets allow the page (whether inside the same document or a linked document) to be repositioned when the user clicks on a link. For example, a table of contents at the top of a document can be composed of a set of links. If the user clicks on one of those links, the document will quickly be repositioned to the appropriate part that the user is interested in reading.

First you need to create your target:

  1. Determine where you want your target placed. Put your cursor at the beginning of that line.



  2. Click on the Insert at the very top of the screen, then click on Named Anchor.



  3. Enter a name for the target. **Tip: use one short word in all lowercase letters.



  4. Click on OK. You'll see a little icon show up where you placed your cursor.



  5. Now you need to create a link to the target. Insert your text and highlight it as shown below.



  6. Click on the Link button on your toolbar. You will see the following:



  7. Click on the drop-down menu and select the name of your Named Anchor. Click on OK. You will see the text you selected is now hyperlinked.

Other topics

If you are creating your web page for the first time, it is recommended that you go to each of the pages in the order they are presented.