9. To Add a Link to A Page

There are a few different ways to add links to your site. Here we will discuss the basics.

A. Links to Pages Within Your Site

• To add a link to your page, click on the area of the page where you would like to insert the link.
  
• Type in the name of the link, and then highlight what you typed and go to the PROPERTIES box.
  
• On the Properties toolbar there will be a box next to the word "LINK". The following image shows this box:

• Next to the Link box, there is a YELLOW file folder. If you click on that icon, you can browse your WWW folder for the page that you would like the highlighted text to link to.

B. Links to Other Websites

• To add a link to your page, click on the area of the page where you would like to insert the link.
  
• Type in the name of the link, and then highlight what you typed and go to the PROPERTIES box.
  
• In the Link box, type the full URL of the site to which you wish to link. The following is an example of what you would type if you want to link to the Saint Mary's homepage:

http://www.saintmarys.edu

C. Email Links

• Click on the area of the page where you would like to insert the link.
  
• Type in the name of the link, such as "EMAIL ME" and then highlight what you typed and go to the PROPERTIES box.
  
• If you would like to make this an EMAIL LINK, click on the LINK BOX, and type your email address in the box in the following form:

mailto:doe1234@saintmarys.edu

NOTE: BE SURE THERE ARE NO SPACES IN THIS LINK!

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