Create a link to a URL or file

Create a link to an external URL by dragging

If you have Internet Explorer 4 or Netscape Navigator 4, you can drag icons that represent URLs into a CuteSITE Builder page to quickly create links to Web or intranet content.

1. In your browser, browse to the page you want to link to.

2. Find the little symbol that represents this address. In Netscape Navigator, this is the icon to the left of the word Location. In Internet Explorer, this is the icon between the word Address and the actual URL.

3. In CuteSITE Builder, click on the page so that it has focus.

4. Drag the address symbol from the browser into the CuteSITE Builder page and release it.

5. The URL you dragged appears as a link; you can edit its text.

Create a link to an external file by browsing

1. Right-click the location in the page area where you want to insert the link.

2. Choose Create Link to URL or File.

3. For Link to, specify whether you want to link to a URL or a File.

Note that you can optionally link to another CuteSITE Builder file, and then a specific page within that file.

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

5. Click OK.

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Notes

• 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 file. 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.

• In order for you or your visitors to follow links to external files, you must have a Web browser control installed, and it must be properly configured. (The only 32-bit Windows version known not to have a basic Web browser control available is Windows 95A without the Plus Pak.)

• Once you have created a link, you can later view or edit its properties by right-clicking on the link and choosing Properties > Link.

• 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.

• You can also create a link to a URL or file from a map element or 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.