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Creating Links with Adobe PageMill


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How to create Links within a document:

  1. Open your file called index.html.
  2. Make sure the window is in Edit Mode. Look in upper right corner for Quill and Paper Icon. If Globe Icon is showing, click once on it to change to Edit Mode.
  3. Import a word document you have as a text file using the File> Place command, or type in a body of text about yourself, your family, your business, your hobbies, your adventures with UFOs, whatever.
  4. Go to the text/image at the beginning of the section you wish to link to from earlier in the document. For instance, the first word of a section which describes your family which you mentioned at the beginning of your page.
  5. Click and hold on the Page Icon next to the word Title: at the top of the page then drag the page icon and place it beside the text/image where you want the link to go. It will change to an anchor icon. Or you can place the insertion point next to the text/image where you want the anchor, go to the Edit menu, and choose Insert Invisible > Anchor.
  6. Go back to where you want the link to start, and highlight the text/image that will be the link button. Choose Edit>Copy.
  7. Scroll down the page to the anchor. Click next to the anchor and choose Edit >Paste.
  8. Select the text/image you just pasted. Then click and hold on the anchor icon and move it over the text/image. It will remain highlighted and turn blue and be underlined. Choose Edit>Cut.
  9. Scroll back to the original text/image, select it, and choose Edit>Paste. It will turn blue and be underlined. You have just created a link within your document.
  10. Repeat steps 3-8 for more links within your document.

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Creating Links to Your Other Pages:

  1. Create a new page. Title it with something simple, and save it as internet.html.
  2. Enter sections of text relevant to a topic on your first page.( Family, price list, UFO sightings you have heard of, whatever).
  3. If you wish to enter a simple graphic at this time, please feel free to do so.
  4. Open your first page (index.html).
  5. Go to the Window Menu and select the Tile command.
  6. Make sure both windows are in Edit mode (Quill and Paper icon upper right corner).
  7. Select the text or image on your first page that you wish link your new page to.
  8. Click and Drag the page icon from your new page( upper left corner next to the word Title), and place it over the text or image you selected on your first page.
  9. Release the mouse button.
  10. Save both pages again, using the File>Save Page As... command. Click on Replace .
  11. Congratulations.

You can also create anchors on your new page as you did on your first page (see section above) and link those anchors to any other pages you create:

 REMEMBER: ALL FILES THAT YOU PUT IN YOUR WEB DIRECTORY MUST HAVE EITHER THE .html SUFFIX (PAGE FILES) OR THE .gif OR .jpeg SUFFIX (IMAGE FILES).THIS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. A BROWSER WILL NOT LOAD THEM IF THEY ARE IMPROPERLY TAGGED.

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Creating Links to the World Wide Web:

First Method:

  1. Open your page in PageMill, and select the text or image you want to be the link button.
  2. Then open Netscape, go to page you want to link to, triple-click in itsTitle: bar, and go to Edit>Copy.
  3. Go back to your page in Pagemill, click in the Link to: box at the bottom of the page, and Edit>Paste the address into the box .
  4. Press the Return key
  5. The selected text or image becomes a link on your page to that address on the Web.

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Second Method:

  1. Open Netscape, go to the sites you like, and select Add Bookmark from the Bookmark Menu for each of them. Close the Netscape window, but do not quit Netscape.
  2. Open the window in PageMill where you want the link to start. Make sure your PageMill window is in Edit mode (Quill and Paper icon upper right corner).
  3. Open the Bookmarks Window from the Netscape Window Menu. Reduce both window sizes so you can see the PageMill window and the Bookmarks window side by side. Find the bookmark(s) you just created, and triple-click the one you want to link.
  4. Select the text or image on your page where you would like to place the link.
  5. Open the Bookmarks Window, Click on the bookmark , and drag it to the Link to: bar at the bottom of your page. The internet address of the link site (not the name of the Bookmark) will be pasted there. The text turns blue (an image acquires a blue border) and becomes a link to that address.Change your PageMill window to Preview mode (Click on Quill and Paper icon to change to Globe icon) and test your link. If it is successful, come back to your PageMill Page, change to Edit mode again, go to File> Save Page As..., and save your page under its original title. When the dialogue box asks you if you wish to Replace your file, click on Replace.
  6. If you wish to change the link, simply highlight the link and go to Edit > Remove Link. Then reselect your link text/image, select a new bookmark, and paste it in the Link to: bar. Go to File> Save Page As..., and save your page under its original title.
  7. Repeat steps 2-5 for more links on this page or other pages.

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Third method:

  1. While in Navigator, open the Bookmarks file under the Window Menu, go to the File Menu and save a copy of your Bookmarks file to your PageMill Folder, then close Navigator.
  2. Open your page, place it in Edit mode, and select the text/image where you want the link to start.
  3. Open the Bookmarks file from your own folder and place it in Edit mode.
  4. Triple-click on the Bookmark you want to link to. Click and hold on the Globe icon in the lower left corner, and drag it to the Link to: bar at the bottom of the page, and release the mouse button. The text/image highlights and your link is established.

Other Methods

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This tutorial designed by Chris Graham ,whose other life can be seen on A Better Mousepad page.