Hyperlinks

If you are typing a url such as "www.yoursite.com" and "http://www.yoursite.com," or an email address like "yourmail@yourmail.com," FrontPage will usually automatically create a hyperlink out of it. However, you can also create hyperlinks out of words, phrases or images.

1. Select/highlight the word, phrase, or graphic that you wish to hyperlink. Then go to Insert/Hyperlink , click the "Insert Hyperlink" button on the toolbar ,  or Right click on it and select Hyperlink.
    
2. The "Insert Hyperlink" dialog box will appear.

What you see:

Look in - move around your web to find the page or image you want to link to. Use the scroll bar to browse the current open folder and the up icon to move up to the root web if you are not already in it.
URL: - This where the path of the hyperlink will be. Click the buttons on the right to link to a web page, a new page, or an email address.
Options - Bookmarks and Target Frame. Use the dropdown box in the bookmark area to link to a bookmark on the page you are working on or another page in your web. Click "Target Frame" to specify if you want your link to open up in the same window, a new window, or a specific frame (if your web uses frames).
Style - In some templates, there may be a need for some links to appear in a different color because they are set on a background where they may not show up. You can use the style button to assign point to a special class for these links.

After specifying your link parameters, click "OK." You may always right-click on your link and select "Hyperlink Properties" to change them.

Use a Bookmarks to hyperlink to an item on the same or different page

Using Bookmarks to send people to the right place on a page is easy.

1. On the page you want your visitor to go to place your curser before the Item you want the to find on the page.

2. Click Insert/Bookmark
3. In the dialogue box you will be asked to name the bookmark.
4. Now go to page where the hyperlink will appear.
5. Highlight the words or image you want the visitor to click to get to the other page.
6. Right Click and browse for the page you have created the bookmark on, below the URL you will see Options, click the down arrow and you will see the bookmark you created.
7. Click okay and you are done.

Don't force another visitor to leave your site

To keep visitors from leaving your site when they click on a hyperlink that goes to another URL. outside of your site, always remember to have that link open in a new page. To do this, when the hyperlink dialogue window is open, click on the pencil icon beside Target Frame. A new dialogue box will open, click on New Window.