• if the image presents a lot of important information, try to summarize it in a short line for the alt
attribute and add a longdesc link to a more detailed description Image File Formats Creating an
Absolute (External) Link An absolute link begins with an
"[Link] header and includes a full address to a webpage/file. 1. Select the text that you want to
hyperlink.
2. Type the entire the URL into the Link option in the Properties Panel and press Enter/Return.
3. Click OK. Dreamweaver CS6 Basics - 13 Creating a Relative (Internal) Link Create text or image
hyperlinks to a specific file/webpage in your website folder using the Properties Panel. 1. Type the
text you would like to hyperlink and drag-select it.
3. Click the Browse for File icon, next to the Link option, in the Properties Panel. Select an HTML page
from your web site, for example your index or home page. Click OK. This text is now linked to an
HTML page within your website.
4. Hit Enter/Return to make the selected text a link. This link is called a Relative Link. It is relative
because it is linked to a document within this site, not to an external webpage on another domain.
Adding Special Characters There are times when your text may contain special characters and
diacritical marks. Dreamweaver provides most of these special characters such as the copyright
symbol(©), trademark(™), registered(®), or an em dash(-).
1. Position your cursor where you want a special character in your Document Window.
2. From the Insert Panel, choose Text from the drop-down menu and click on the Characters icon.
3. Click on the desired symbol to insert it into your page. Dreamweaver CS6 Basics - 14 Inserting Date
& Time Stamps You may want to include a date/time stamp to specify when a piece of content or a
page was last updated. 1. Place your cursor into the area where you would like to have your date
stamp shown. This is often located at the bottom of a webpage.
2. Type “Updated on:” or “Created on:” or other text to describe the relevance of the date stamp.
3. In the Common tab of the Insert Panel, click the Date button.
4. An Insert Date dialog box will appear. Choose the format Dreamweaver will use to display the date
and time. Check the option for "Update automatically on save". This means that each time you edit
this file and save, Dreamweaver will automatically update this date and time. 5. Click OK.
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