Using
Mailto Links 
Perhaps
one of the most popular tools on the Internet is electronic mail. People
from all over the world can communicate with each other as long as they
know the recipient's e-mail address. With Netscape Gold and the use of
HTML code, you can create an email link on your Web page that makes it
easy for others to send you messages.
To
build a link to me, first key the word Email or import a graphic picture
which is representative of the email feature. Next, highlight the word
or the graphic image and click once on the Make Link icon. In the
Link To box, key the following: "mailto:banquetbc@cyberportal.net. Then
click Apply and OK. Notice how the pointer changes when you move the mouse
over the word or graphic link which is now an active link. Click on the
word or image. Notice how Netscape brings up the mail window already filled
in with my mail address.
HTML
Anchors and Targets 
In
addition to creating links to other WWW files, with Netscape Gold you can
also link to points within your own documents. For example, the graphic
at the top of this page is an active link that points to the various side
heading on this page. By using targets and anchors, the Web author makes
it easier to navigate documents, and this is especially important on pages
that are quite long.
Another
popular use of the anchors and targets feature is to provide a link at
the bottom of a page which will transport the viewer to the top of the
page quickly. In both cases, visitors aren't taken to a separate document,
rather they are taken to a different spot, called a target, within the
same document.
To
make this type of link, first you have to create the named targets within
the HTML file; then you must build the links to each of those targets.
Let's assume that you have completed your first Web page and that you have
four major topics on your page. First, select the position for your target
by placing your cursor just to the left of the word you want to jump to.
Then, click on the Insert Target icon on the toolbar. When you enter a
name for your target, actually key the word or a few words that are to
the right of your cursor. This name should be short and to the point, but
not too abbreviated to be confusing.
Linking
to a named target is almost identical to linking to other WWW documents.
The difference is that instead of keying a long URL address, you only need
to type the target name. After highlighting the text, click on the Make
Link icon; then in the Select a named target in current document
location in the Current Document box, click on the target name you wish
to link to. Follow by clicking Apply and OK.
It
is also possible to link to other targets found elsewhere on the WWW. To
find out a target name, just check out the HTML source code by clicking
on the View menu, then View Document Source. Target names can be identified
by the # symbol in front of them. One caution, however, is that if these
identified targets are changed, your link to them will no longer be valid.
Link
Tips 
Make
sure that you test your links to make sure that they are going to work
before you publish your pages. If there are typographical errors in a link,
it will not work. Also, you should periodically check for outdated links
on the WWW.
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