Creating Links

The main idea and purpose of hypertext (i.e. HTML web pages, among other things) is to be able to create links in documents to other documents. These can be links to other HTML documents that you click on a link in the text of the page, but also links to images displayed on the page, etc.

Creating normal links

A regular link in HTML is marked with the <A href="address"> tag. Links can be both text and an image.

The simplest way to create a link
To create a link in the fastest way:

1. Drag a document from the file list on the Projects tab into the document you are editing.
2. In the Insert a link window that opens, enter the text you want to link (e.g. 'Click here to go to the next page ...'), press the OK button and ... that's all.

Creating a link from an image or text
To create a link from an image or text that already exists in the document:

1. Select the image tag or text in the editor.
2. Enable the Insert Link ( Main Menu / Tools / Links / Link editor , or on toolbars Links, text and formatting and Often Used ). Standard keyboard shortcut every Shift + Ctrl + A .
3. Use the button dialog box next to the "Link URL" field to select the document you want to link to.
4. Click OK in the Insert Reference window - the text selected in the editor will be included in the link tag.

Creating a link to a file on an FTP server
In a similar way, you can create a link to a file located on the server - just drag the target document from the list of files on the tab Servers . If you have FTP server to URL mapping set, the link will point to the appropriate URL. Otherwise, the FTP server address will be used.

Creating link maps

Link maps are hotspots in an image defined with HTML tags. Clicking on such an area works in the same way as clicking on a regular link.

To create a simple link map, run Map and then:

1. Enter in the General map settings tab in the Map name field the name that will be used to handle the map in the document,
2. in the Map graphics location field, the access path and name of the image file for which the map will be created.
3. In the Define areas tab, use the drawing tools (on the left - rectangle, ellipse, irregular) to draw hotspots.
4. In the Settings of selected areas tab, in the URL reference field, enter the address of the document to which the link should lead. The currently edited active area is marked with a yellow box on the Areas definition tab.
5. Click OK - the map (<MAP tag> along with the <AREA> tags) along with the image will be placed in the document.