Q. In the source for this lesson,the area to which the link 'Back to Lesson Table of Contents' jumps is named "top", but I did not find the <A NAME="top"> </A> tag anywhere at the top of the source page.
A. The default in browsers is to jump to the top.
Since the lessons are revised each term and sometimes the basic template also changes, we decided to go with the default and not NAME that area. Otherwise we would have had to keep moving it around in the coding.
Q. my e-mail link didn't work
A. Here is an example of mailto link
<A HREF="mailto:zoniea@yahoo.com">email</A>
be sure to include the :
Q. subject in Mailto
A.
<A HREF="mailto:vustudyhall@hotmail.com?subject=The HTMLib is fantastic">link text</A>
this will give you a set subject line if the user doesn't change it.
Q. I am having trouble making links
A. On the first page put this
<A HREF="page2.html>My 2nd page</A>
Of course you will put what your second page is called where I have page2.html and whatever you want inside the tag. This is assuming you have both .html files in the same folder.
List Bullets
I am trying to use .gif bullets in place of the round & square bullets.
A: Although there is no way to change the "bullets" used in <UL> lists from the disc, circle or square -- it is possible to create lists using graphic images -- they can even be clickable links.
New tutorial that explains how to use images in lists on their web sites. Gives you the HTML code to copy!
http://vuweb.net/htmlzone/otter/list_example.html
Q. : link colors not working - On both pages of my Virtual Notebook, I have used the following: body bgcolor="#ccffff" (page 2 uses an image)link="#cc0000" alink="#006600" vlink="#000099" My problem is that the color does not change after I have linked either page to each other and gone back to the first page
A. The reason you can't see your links change colors, is because they are stored in your browser's 'history' file saying you have already visited that site. They will only change colors for you the 'first' time you click on them -- then they will show the "visited" link color (VLINK=) each time after that.
This is so that when you surf the web, if you go back to a site repeatedly that has a lot of links, you will know which ones you have already seen because they will be a different color than an unvisited link -- like here on the bulletin board.
In NS -- you can change how long the visited links are in your computer's history by clicking on Edit, Preferences, Navigator -- then look on that pop-up page for "History" -- it should have a button to "Clear History" and a place for you to enter the number of days you want visited links to stay on your computer (I have mine set for 20 days).
Be careful though if you clear your 'history' file because it will delete all of the links you have already visited on every web site you visit often. Example -- if you have read all of the posts here on the bulletin board, the links should have changed from green to aqua -- if you clear your history file -- all of the posts on the bulletin board will be green again and you won't know which ones you have read already!
Q. Are you suppose to link the templates together or the web pages together
A. Actually -- your web pages that you are making for each lesson should be saved as -- notebook1.html -- notebook2.html -- etc. Your "template" is just a basic layout of the main HTML tags so you don't have to enter them each time you start a new page.
You open your template.txt and add your weekly information from the class assignments, then save the first one as notebook1.html
This will leave your "template" blank except for the main tags and you can use it again for the second page that will be saved as
notebook2.html
To link notebook1.html to your second page notebook2.html
use the following code:
<A HREF="notebook2.html">Go to page two</A>
On page 2 -- to create a link to return to page 1, use
<A HREF="notebook1.html">Return to page one</A>
Q. Having problem with same page jump link tag.
A.
This goes at the top
<A NAME="top"></A> Where you want it to jump TO.
This goes where you jump FROM
<a href="#top">Back to Top</A>
Q. Linking a thumbnail to bigger image...
A. if you use:
<A HREF="imagename.gif"><IMG SRC="thumbnail.gif">imagename</A>
the image will load as a page all by itself.
to have it load on the same page you would have to use a frameset or a floating frame. using the target attribute in link.
<A HREF="imagename.gif" TARGET="framename"><IMG SRC="thumbnail.gif">imagename</A>
Q. Tick/Lint on my page.
A. Scoot the closing anchor tag up a line so that it comes just after the end of your image tag. By having it on a separate line, there is a little blue "tick" mark or line which was still part of the link made by the extra space before you closed it.
A. Links are underlined. Since the space is before the </A> it will also be underlined.
Q: Can we put hyperlinks directly into this bb?
A: You can only post the URL here. The Bulletin board isn't made to handle hyperlinks/hotlinks
Q. Page links are not working..
A. .You have this and that is the path to Your hard drive, Not what you want. <A HREF="C:\HTML\notebook2.html">My Second Page</A>
<BR> <A HREF="c:\html\notebook3.html">My Third Page</A>
Should be this <A HREF="notebook2.html">My Second Page</A>
<BR> <A HREF="notebook3.html">My Third Page</A>
And you did also upload those 2 notebook pages?
When making an image a hyperlink, never put </A> on line by itself - you get little blue dash after image if you do.
Q: Link won't boot...My first page links to my second online, but won't in my browser. Page 2 links to 1 in both. I have checked (and rechecked) the coding and the page 1 link is coded the same in both sources. Any suggestions?
A:
Change first page to index.html. Don't forget to change the link names also. Most sites require an index.
A: If you have another intention for your web space other than for class pages, and you don't want them to be the index, you could make a temporary index.html page with the links to these pages on it
