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How to Add a Target Link to a Web Page With Dreamweaver

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A named anchor, also known as a target link, takes viewers directly to a predetermined area on a Web page. To make a target link, you first create the anchor, then link to it. These instructions are for Dreamweaver 3.0.

Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

    Creating the Anchor

  1. Step 1

    Start the Dreamweaver program and open the target page (where you want the link to take people).

  2. Step 2

    Place the cursor where the anchor will appear.

  3. Step 3

    Click on the Insert menu and choose Named Anchor.

  4. Step 4

    Type a name for the anchor and click OK. An anchor symbol will appear.

  5. Step 5

    Save the page.

  6. Linking to the Anchor

  7. Step 1

    Open the page the anchor link will appear on, or scroll to the appropriate place in the open document.

  8. Step 2

    Place the cursor where the link will be inserted. Type the text or insert an image representing the link.

  9. Step 3

    Select the image or text representing the link.

  10. Step 4

    Right-click and choose Make Link, or open the Modify menu and choose Make Link.

  11. Step 5

    Choose Browse and locate the page you added the anchor to.

  12. Step 6

    Position the cursor at the end of the page name and type the pound or number sign (#). Type the name of the anchor - for example, "#top."

  13. Step 7

    Click OK and save the page when finished.

  14. Step 8

    Preview the page by choosing Preview in Browser from the File menu. From the dialog box, choose which browser to use.

  15. Step 9

    Check your links before and after you upload the page to the Internet.

Tips & Warnings
  • Don't use spaces when naming anchors. When others post an anchor link, the link will be formatted as a link only up to the space and won't open properly.

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