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

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.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Macromedia Dreamweaver

Creating the Anchor

1. Start the Dreamweaver program and open the target page (where you want the link to take people).
2. Place the cursor where the anchor will appear.
3. Click on the Insert menu and choose Named Anchor.
4. Type a name for the anchor and click OK. An anchor symbol will appear.
5. Save the page.

Linking to the Anchor

6. Open the page the anchor link will appear on, or scroll to the appropriate place in the open document.
7. Place the cursor where the link will be inserted. Type the text or insert an image representing the link.
8. Select the image or text representing the link.
9. Right-click and choose Make Link, or open the Modify menu and choose Make Link.
10. Choose Browse and locate the page you added the anchor to.
11. 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."
12. Click OK and save the page when finished.
13. Preview the page by choosing Preview in Browser from the File menu. From the dialog box, choose which browser to use.
14. 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.