Create and manage linksIn this tutorial you'll create navigational links from which viewers can jump to other pages in your site (internal links) or to other sites on the Web (external links). Adobe GoLive's powerful site management features make it easy to maintain links between pages, and because GoLive collects and updates URLs in the External tab of the site window, you can quickly create links across the Web. ![]() 1. Create an internal link. Open a GoLive site, and then open the page that you want to serve as the source of the link. Select a short block of text and click the Create Link button You can also create internal links by using the Inspector's Browse button ![]() 2. Test the link. Click the Preview in Browser button 3. Update the internal link. With the Files tab of the site window active, click the Create New Folder button in the toolbar. Drag the link's destination page into the new folder. GoLive displays the Move Files dialog box, which lists the page that serves as the source of the link, and prompts you to update the file. Click OK. GoLive updates links in your site when you move or rename files in the site window. To avoid broken links in your site, perform all such site management tasks in the GoLive site window, not directly in your site's web-content folder in Windows Explorer or the Mac OS Finder. ![]() 4. Add a URL to the External tab of the site window. Drag the URL icon from the Site set of the Objects palette to the External tab of the site window. Rename the untitled URL Adobe URL. Type http://www.adobe.com in the URL text box of the Reference Inspector. The External tab of the site window contains URLs and e-mail addresses. Storing a URL in the External tab is useful when you want to use the URL on more than one page in your site. If you later need to update a URL in the External tab, GoLive automatically updates it wherever it appears in the site. ![]() 5. Create an external link. Open the page that you want to serve as the source of the link. Select a short block of text, and click the Create Link button in the toolbar. In the Text Inspector, drag from the pick whip to the Adobe URL in the External tab of the site window. ![]() 6. Test the link. Click the Preview in Browser button in the toolbar to preview the page containing the link in your Web browser. Click the link and make sure that the Adobe Web site appears in the browser window. 7. Update the external link. Select the Adobe URL in the External tab of the site window. Type http://www.adobe.com/products/golive/ main.html in the URL text box of the Reference Inspector, and then press Enter (Windows) or Return (Mac OS). GoLive displays the Change Reference dialog box, which lists the page that serves as the source of the link, and prompts you to update the file. Click OK to update the reference. GoLive provides other tools for updating internal and external links. For example, to edit links sitewide, use the In & Out Links palette or the Change References dialog box (see Editing links and URLs sitewide). ![]() |