Creating Close Window and Back Links in Macromedia Contribute
When visitors come to your site, you need them to follow links to other pages that open in new browser windows. It’s important that each new window contains a "Close Window" link that closes the window so that visitors can easily return to the initial page.
Why do you need to do this? It's a matter of usability. Without a "close window" link, visitors may quickly become confused by all of the open windows. In this article, I take you through how to create a link that closes a window.
Also, to make your site more convenient to visitors and to give it a more professional look, you can add a back link that functions like a browser’s back button. I will show you how to add both Close Window and Back links with a text-based link, an image-based link, and a Macromedia Flash button-based link. You can see the end product of what you will create in the following examples:
Close Window links:
- Text-based Close Window link
- Image-based Close Window link
- Macromedia Flash button-based Close Window link,
Back links:
Requirements
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Download the images and Macromedia Flash files you will use in this article below. Then, unzip the images to a place on your computer where you will be able to browse to them later on. Make a note of where you unzipped them.
contribute_links_files.zipTable of Contents
- How to add a 'Close Window' and 'Back' links to a page
- Insert Text link
- Insert an Image link
- Insert a Macromedia Flash button link
about the author
Jolantha Belik is author of Macromedia Contribute, written in German. She runs her own company in Vienna, Austria—jbel's design. The company offers website development and software training, especially coaching 'woman to woman'. Jolantha is a Team Macromedia member and published several tutorials for beginners at webstep.at.
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