Dreamweaver: Adding An E-Mail Link
One of the more basic yet important aspects of a webpage is
an e-mail link. Using an e-mail link will launch the user's
default e-mail program.
- Begin with a new document
- Click the Insert E-mail Link button on the Objects
Palette. The Insert E-mail Dialog Box.
- Now enter the text you want to be the e-mail link. For
this example I'll input "information". The text can be
anything, it's just a link.
In the e-mail field, enter the exact e-mail address:
info@cbtcafe.com
ALTERNATIVE METHOD:
There is another way to insert the e-mail link. I generally
prefer this way. I find it easier to go back through my document
and highlight any text that will be used for e-mail links.
Step 1. Type out any text you like. A sentence will do in our
case: "For more information click here."
Step 2. Now, we'll make the "here" part the link that
launches the e-mail
Step 3. Next, just click and drag to highlight the word
"here".
Step 4. For the final step, go up to the Properties Inspector
and in the Link field, type: mailto:info@cbtcafe.com.
Notice the "mailto" in front of the e-mail address. This is
the same code generated from the Insert E-mail Link.
If we look at the code generated you can see how Dreamweaver
handles the e-mail link. In both cases the same HTML was
generated.
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