External Links
Module 9



If you Quit after the last module, you will need to find your file (Page1.html) in your folder and double-click on it.  When it opens, pull down the FILE menu to Edit Page

Suppose you want your page to refer to Web Sites outside your little corner of the Internet.  For example, you might want to have a link to a web site that you found useful for students.  In the next section, we will add some links to sites that are out on the Internet.  You must know the correct URL (the address) for the site.  You may want to go to the site and COPY the address, avoiding keyboarding errors.

1.  With Page1 on your screen, go to Page2.  Press RETURN twice to get some additional work space.  Now type the following: 

Apple Computers
Dell Computers
Hewlett-Packard
Epson
Microsoft
2. Select (highlight) the words, Apple Computers

3. Click the Insert Linktool button (or INSERT>Link...)

4.  In the Link To: URL line, type:

   http://www.apple.com

 and click OK.

The http:// tells the browser to go out on the web to find the information you want.  If you omit it, the browser will look in your WebProject folder for www.apple.com

5. Here are the URLs for the other sites (type them in and make them active links):

 www.dell.com
 www.hp.com
 www.epson.com
 www.microsoft.com


6. SAVE your page again, and see what it looks like in Navigator (Preview).  If you are connected to the Internet, you might try out the links, pressing the BACK button to get back to your file.  If you move the pointer over the links, it should change to a hand, making it a working link.

If you do not have an active connection to the Internet, you can try it but will get an error.


If you want, you may Quit at this time or continue on to the next module
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