Link a map element to a page, file, or URL

Map elements you can link from include images, shapes, and labels. You can link any of these to a CuteSITE Builder page, an external file, a URL, or your visitor's mail application.

1. In the map, right-click the map element you want to link to a page, file, or URL and choose Properties.

2. Click the Link tab.

3. For Link to, specify the type of link. Note that you can optionally link to another CuteSITE Builder file, and then a specific page within that file.

4. Click Browse to select a CuteSITE Builder page. To select the page, click its name or ID number and then click OK or,

• Click Browse to select another CuteSITE Builder file, and then click Browse again to choose a specific page within that file. To select the page, click its name or ID number and then click OK or,

• Type the file name and path or URL. You can click Browse to choose the file from a list or start your Web browser.

5. Click OK to create the link.

In CuteSITE Builder, the presence of a link is signaled by a small link icon on the lower left corner of the element.

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Notes

• In CuteSITE Builder, map elements that are linked can optionally display a square link icon in the lower left, to remind you a link is present. If you do not want to see this link symbol, you can choose Tools > Options to disable it.

• While editing a file, in order to follow a link from a map element to a page, file, or URL, you must double-click on the map element. This allows you to also select the map element for other editing functions.

• Once you have created a link, you can later view or edit its properties.

• Valid link types include Mail To, which consist of the string mailto: followed directly by an email address. Such links, which launch the visitor's mail application with the given address, can be used to solicit comments on your files.

• Make sure that you clearly distinguish linked map elements and pages. It is possible to place them so closely together that a visitor's click may be ambiguous.

• Note that references to the Web pages and external files are hyperlinks to material outside the CuteSITE Builder file, not an object embedded in the document. When you distribute files that contain these links, you must ensure that your visitors have the same access to the Web page or external file that you had. If the link is to an external file, other visitors must store the external file in the same folder on the same path as was on your system, and have access to the file’s native application, for the file to appear.

• You can also create a link to a URL or file in a CuteSITE Builder page, or reference external resources in a container page. When you or a visitor clicks the link, CuteSITE Builder opens the actual page on the Web or the file in its native application. Again, visitors must have the same access to the Web page or external file as you in order to use the link.