More Tricks with Links-
Links to other Things

The principles remain the same as mentioned in our basic links section but you can expand to create links to....

Images

Fancy displaying an your images without bothering to embed them in a web page well you can
try this example

click here to see Loch Lomond

Just create hyperlink as before. Click the world wide web tab (1).

ENSURE that the hyperlink type box (2) is set at either [other] or file.

Enter your file name including its file type e.g. loch.jpeg (3)

 

This make the browser open and display the file called "lochlomond.jpg". Note we added _blank to the target frame box (4) to open a new separate window. Otherwise you would loose the current page (for more see how to target links)

Now note depending on how you have your file associations set up may mean that a graphics program may open this instead.

Sound

The same can be applied to sound files

e.g. click here to hear me speak

Just create hyperlink as before. Click the world wide web tab (1).

ENSURE that the hyperlink type box (2) is set at either [other] or file.

Enter your file name including its file type e.g. speak.wav (3).

It's worth adding _blank to the target frame box (4) to open a new separate window as some browsers will display a sound file as a plug in rather than stand alone.

 

see more in our sounds section

Video

The same is true for video files

e.g. mouse2.mov

Just create hyperlink as before. Click the world wide web tab (1).

ENSURE that the hyperlink type box (2) is set at either [other] or file.

Enter your file name including its file type e.g. mouse2.mov (3). Of course add _blank in the target frame box (4) as before with images or you will loose your current page

For more on video and video links see our video section

 

 

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