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around the text itself. Here you link to filenames on the local disk in the same directory
as this file, with each individual file containing the review for the particular book:
<ul>
<li><a href=”rainbow.html”><i>
The Rainbow Returns
</i>
by E. Smith
</a></li>
<li><a href=”wealth.html”><i>
Seven Steps to Immeasurable Wealth
</i>
by R. U.
Needy
</a></li>
<li><a href=”food.html”><i>
The Food-Lovers Guide to Weight Loss
</i>
by L.
Goode
</a></li>
<li><a href=”silly.html”><i>
The Silly Person's Guide to Seriousness
</i>
by M.
Nott
</a></li>
</ul>
The menu of topics looks fine, although it's a little sparse. Your readers don't know any-
thing about each book (although some of the topic names indicate the subject matter) or
whether the review is good or bad. An improvement would be to add some short
explanatory text after the links to provide hints of what is on the other side of the link:
Input
▼
<ul>
<li><a href=rainbow.html”><i>
The Rainbow Returns
</i>
by E. Smith
</a>
. A”
fantasy story set in biblical times. Slow at times, but interesting.
</li>
<li><a href=”wealth.html”><i>
Seven Steps to Immeasurable Wealth
</i>
by R. U.
Needy
</a>
. I'm still poor, but I'm happy! And that's the whole point.
</li>
<li><a href=”food.html”><i>
The Food-Lovers Guide to Weight Loss
</i>
by L. Goode
</a>
. At last! A diet book with recipes that taste good!
</li>
<li><a href=”silly.html”><i>
The Silly Person's Guide to Seriousness
</i>
by M.
Nott
</a>
. Come on ... who wants to be serious?
</li>
</ul>
The final list looks like Figure 6.9.
.
Output
FIGURE 6.9
The final menu
listing.
▲
You use link menus similar to this one throughout this topic.
