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Images, Links, and Multimedia. Links. I Link, Therefore I Am. Links. Puts the Web in World Wide Web! Reference to information. Types of Links. mypage.html Me Family Pets. Internal. External/ Internal. External (off site). External (on site). www.nczoo.org. resume.html
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Links I Link, Therefore I Am
Links • Puts the Web in World Wide Web! • Reference to information.
Types of Links mypage.html Me Family Pets Internal External/ Internal External (off site) External (on site) www.nczoo.org resume.html Education Work photos.html fun.html www.kodak.com
Site Structure mypage.html Me Family Pets index.html www.nczoo.org resume.html Education Work photos.html fun.html www.kodak.com
Structure of a Link <ahref=“target”> Link Label </a> Almost anything can be a link label Absolute or Relative Path
<html> <body> <a href="work.html">Work Stuff</a><br /> <a href="fun.html">Fun Stuff</a><br /> </body> </html> mainpage.html <html> <body> Work Stuff Goes Here<br /> <p>This is where all of the work stuff goes!</p> </body> </html> work.html External Links (On Site)
Internal Links . . . <a href="#work">Work Stuff</a><br /> <a href="#fun">Fun Stuff</a><br /> <a id="work" />Work Stuff Goes Here <p>This is where all of the work stuff goes!</p> <a id="fun" />Fun Stuff Goes Here <p>This is where all of the fun stuff goes!</p> . . .
External Links (Off Site) . . . Work Stuff Goes Here<br /> <p>This is where all of the work stuff goes!</p> <a href="http://www.hp.com">Hewlett Packard</a> <br /> . . . www.hp.com
. . . <a href="work.html">Work Stuff</a><br /> <a href="work.html#links">Work Links</a><br /> <a href="fun.html">Fun Stuff</a><br /> . . . mainpage.html . . . <a id="links" />Links to Related Sites<br /> <a href="http://www.hp.com">Hewlett Packard</a> <br /> . . . work.html External/Internal Links
Links Recap <a href="work.html">Work Stuff</a> <a href="http://www.hp.com">HP</a> <a href="#fun">Fun Stuff</a> <a href="work.html#links">Work Links</a>
Some Site Design Issues • Page length. • To Back link or not? • Click depth. • Site map. • “You Are Here” location guide. • Deep linking!
Images as Links • Image as a link. • Image maps: • Use tool to create (e.g., Fireworks). • Provide text links.
Image as a Link Reminder: Almost Anything Can Be a Link <a href="http://www.hp.com"> </a> THE LINK LABEL GOES HERE <a href="http://www.hp.com"> <img src="computer.gif" /> </a> <a href="http://www.hp.com"> <img src="computer.gif" /> Hewlett Packard </a>
Multimedia Objects • Includes audio, video, 3D, and animation. • Embed and Object. • Use sparingly. • Provide “off” option for audio. • Do not auto play audio on load! • Mixed support by OS and browser.