Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Link to the Anchor
To link to the named anchor you will use the same method as we used to link
to a URL and other Web pages. However, the named anchor will not be in the
form of Web page (.htm), it will be a simple word consisting of a few characters
with no spaces in the anchor name. Click on the text or graphic you want to use
as the button for the anchor. Text works great for an anchor menu.
Click on the menu item that will trigger the link. Then, in the link field on the
Properties Inspector,
type in the anchor name you want the link to navigate
to using a #in front (e.g., #page_up). When clicked, the browser will go to the
anchored location.
CSS
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. Although this name may sound like a
setting on your washing machine, it is actually a standard of Web page design
for controlling the attributes or “styles” contained in the HTML Web content.
Style sheets add control to text, links, colors, and formatting. By using style
sheets you can avoid the possibilities that might cause text in the Web page you
designed looks different to the user. CSS overrides the user's Web browser
default text settings so that what you design is what the user gets. Style sheets
also allow universal updating of text attributes through the pages that contain the
same style sheets (Towers, 1999).
You can create one style sheet for your entire portfolio. Then, you simply attach
the style sheet to each page. When you attach the style sheet, Dreamweaver
places the text styles you designated when you created the new style sheet into
the
Properties Inspector
drop menu under styles.
Create a New Style Sheet
You can make and attach style sheets to your Web pages several ways. The
quickest way is to use the
Properties Inspector
and go to the
Styles
field.
Click on
Manage Styles
. From there, you can create a new style sheet.
Creating a style sheet requires you to name the new style sheet and then set up
