Lesson #3 - Frontpage 2000 - WR 316, Spring 2003

Create
Absolute
Links (1)

Method #1: Create Absolute Links (i.e. with complete URL)
Complete URL's Can Link Automatically
Whenever you enter a complete URL into one of your pages inside FrontPage 2000, FrontPage will try to hyperlink it automatically --typically if you hit the space bar or enter key immediately after the URL. Of course you may not want the URL hyperlinked--and if the URL is wrong or incomplete, FrontPage may show the URL hyperlinked even though the link will not work properly out on an internet browser. Still, some folks like to use this FrontPage capability as a short cut way to create external hyperlinks. For example, in your internet browser, go to a destination WWW webpage that you want to link, mark-and-copy the complete URL (including protocol) from the address field, and then paste it directly into the page you are editing inside FrontPage. Entering a space (i.e. hit your space bar) or hitting enter key immediately after the pasted URL usually automatically activates the hyperlink. (Or entering a space immediately before and after a complete URL will do the trick.) You can then SAVE (and later edit) the hyperlink without going through all the steps above.

1. Position your cursor somewhere in one of your open pages inside FrontPage, and enter a complete URL: e.g.
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr316/Frontpage/lesson3.htm

Tip: Rather than typing in a URL, copy-and-paste to avoid typing errors.

2. Position your cursor at the beginning of the URL (i.e. before the "h" in http://...) and hit space bar; then position your cursor at the end of the URL (e.g. after the "m" in .htm) and hit space bar or Enter. The URL will activate a hyperlink.
http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr316/Frontpage/lesson3.htm
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Remove
or
Deactivate
Link

Remove or Deactivate a Created Hyperlink

1. REMOVE an unwanted link: simply erase (e.g. using your backspace key) the hyperlinked word, phrase or URL in your page.

2. DEACTIVATE an active link: There may also be occasions when you don't want to erase the hyperlinked word, phrase, or URL - you just want to de-activate the hyperlink.

a. Mark the hyperlink (word, phrase, URL) to be deactivated.
b. Open Insert Hyperlink dialog box - two ways:
--From Insert pull-down menu at top of screen, select Hyperlink . . .
--Click on Insert Hyperlink icon at top of screen
c. Insert Hyperlink dialog box will display, and Address field will display the URL of the hyperlink
e.g. http://www.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/wr316/Frontpage/lesson3.htm
d. Click Remove Link button
OR
Position your cursor in the Address field and erase the displayed URL completely, then click OK button.
e. Hyperlink in your page should de-activate. And don't forget to SAVE!!

Create
Absolute
WWW
Link (2)

Method #2: Create Absolute WWW Link (i.e. to external destination outside your own web)

1. Open FrontPage program (if you haven't already), and open page inside your web where you want to place the WWW link
2. Open Internet Browser and go to the WWW destination to which you want to link.
e.g. http://www.imdb.com
3. Type in word/phrase/WWWebsite title to be hyperlinked in your page
Tip: Avoid "blind links"!
4. Mark/select the word/phrase/title to be linked.
e.g. Internet Movie Database
5. Open Insert Hyperlink dialog box - two ways:
--From Insert pull-down menu at top of screen, select Hyperlink . . .
OR
--Click on Insert Hyperlink icon at top of screen
6. Insert Hyperlink dialog box will display: From "Link to" boxes,
--select "Existing File or Webpage" and . . .
--select "Browsed Pages"
7. In large window, select the name of WWW website currently open in your internet browser - e.g. Internet Movie Database (IMDb). The URL of the selected WWW page will display in the Address field.
8. Click OK button, and the hyperlink will be created in your page.
e.g. Internet Movie Database
9. SAVE!!
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Create
Relative
(Internal)
Links (1)

Method #1: How to Create an Internal (Relative) Navigational Link
There is more than one way to create a navigation link between two pages in your own web. I'll explain two ways - and both begin with step #1 below.

1. Open FrontPage 2000 and open your web. When your web opens, You should be in "Page View" and your "Folder List" should be visible.

First Way - Preparation: I offer below a quick way to create a Navigational Link using FrontPage 2000. But first you should check the saved Page Title of your destination page (i.e. the page in your web to which you want your navigational link to go):

a. From the "Folder View," open the destination page.
b. From the File menu, select "Properties..."
c. When the Page Properties dialog box appears, review the Title: field. If the page Title is wrong, edit it by typing in the new or corrected page Title.
d. Click OK.
e. SAVE!!

2. From the "Folder List," open the page on which you want to create navigational link. When the page opens in your main frame (Page View), decide where you want the navigational link to be placed, scrolling up or down the displayed page (as needed) so that this place is in view in the Page View main frame.

3. From the "Folder List," point your arrow on the destination page (i.e. the other page in your web that you want the navigational link to go to). Then select that destination page in the "Folder List" by pressing and holding the left button on your mouse.

4. Still holding down the left button on your mouse, drag the selected destination page from the "Folder List" into the (Page View) main frame at the place in your opened page where you want the navigational link to appear.
e.g.: Frontpage 2000 Index - WR 316, Spring 2003

5. Release your hold on the mouse. The newly created navigational link will appear--displayed as the activated Page Title of the destination page.

*Note Well: If the new navigational link does not display the descriptive page Title that you wanted or expected, then you need to check/change the saved Page Title of the destination page (see Preparation above) and/or Edit your new navigational link.
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Create
Effective
Links

Advice on Creating Effective Hyperlinks:
(from Cora's Hum 299 Team Website Directions, Part III, Spring 2001): This page was directed to another class and needs to be updated, but it still offers some useful general discussion of types and functions of links & advice on effective linking practices:
<http://www.cocc.edu/hum299/lessons/Teamsite3.html>
(The above activated hyperlinks are examples of External Links to WWW webpages outside my WR 316 web.)
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Help

Use Microsoft FrontPage Help:
--Click the Help button at the top of your screen, and select Microsoft FrontPage Help from the Help menu, or press F1 on your keyboard.
--Click on a tab to select one of these help options:

		Content: Display the Help table of contents. Click on a topic to display help for that topic.
		Answer Wizard: Perform a natural language query.
		Index: Find information by keyword.

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