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ptg Chapter 7 Linking Web Pages 179 Removing a link is a lot easier than creating one. As a matter of fact, it only takes a second or two of your precious time. There are several dif- ferent ways to remove a link. You can delete the contents of the Link box in the Properties panel, use the Remove Link command, or delete the image or text and the link. Removing an entire link is simple, just select the graphic, or text that represents the link, and then press the Backspace (Win) or Delete (Mac) key. Removing a Link Remove a Link Select the text or graphic that contains the link. TIMESAVER Right-click the link, and then click Remove Link. Click the Window menu, and then click Properties to display the Properties panel. Click in the Link box, and then erase all the text. The link is now removed. ◆ To pr event a link error, enter the # (null) symbol in the Link box. 3 2 1 1 3 2 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg 180 Chapter 7 Updating Links Set Preferences to Update Links Automatically Click the Dreamweaver (Mac) or Edit (Win) menu, and then click Preferences. Click the General category. Click the Update Links When Moving Files list arrow, and then select one of the following: ◆ Always. Automatically updates all links when you move or rename a linked document. ◆ Never. Doesn’t update any links when you move or rename a linked document. ◆ Prompt. Displays a dialog box listing all the linked documents you have changed. Click Update or Don’t Update to update or leave the file unchanged. Click OK. 4 3 2 1 You can use the General section of the Preferences dialog box to spec- ify how you want to update links in your Web pages. You can have Dreamweaver always update links, never update links, or prompt you when links change. Dreamweaver only updates links in your local root site. The remote site doesn’t change until you update the files on the site. If the updating processing is taking too long, you can create a cache file to store information about all the links to speed up the process. The cache file is managed and maintained by Dreamweaver in the background while you work. 4 2 3 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg Chapter 7 Linking Web Pages 181 Create a Cache File Click the Site menu, and then click Manage Sites. Click the site you want to change, and then click Edit. Click the Advanced Settings category. Click the Local Info category. Select the Enable Cache check box. Click Save. The first time you change or delete links to files, Dreamweaver prompts you to load the cache. Click Yes to load the cache and update all links to the file you changed, or click No to note the change for the future and not make any changes to the links. Click Done. 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 8 2 Did You Know? You can re-create the cache. Click the Site menu, point to Advanced, and then click Recreate Site Cache. 4 3 6 5 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg 182 Chapter 7 After you create or change a link, it’s important to test the link to make sure it works the way you want. You can test a link by previewing the Web page with a link in a browser or Live view (New!) in Dreamweaver, or by opening the linked page. When you want to test a link of any kind, the best way is to preview the page in a browser or Live view and click the link you want to test. When you use Live view to test a link, you can set options to follow links and show/use the Browser Navigation bar (New!) to browse between pages. If you want to test a link to another page and open the linked page, the best way is to open the linked page from within Dreamweaver. Testing a Link Test a Link Use any of the following methods: ◆ Live View. Click the Live View button on the Document toolbar. ◆ Preview in Browser. Click the File menu, point to Preview In Browser, and then select a browser to test the link. To se t Live view link options, click the View menu, point to Live View Options, and then click the following: ◆ Follow Link (Ctrl+Click Link). Select to follow links in Live view using Ctrl+click. ◆ Follow Links Continuously. Select to follow links in Live view using normal clicking. ◆ Show Browser Navigation Bar. Shows the Browser Navigation bar where you can navigate pages in Live view. Move your mouse over the link (the cursor changes to a hand icon with extended index finger). The link appears as blue underlined text. Click the link to open it. 4 3 2 1 Preview in Browser Live view button Navigation bar in Live view 1 3 4 2 From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg Chapter 7 Linking Web Pages 183 Click to open the linked page Open a Linked Page ◆ Select the link, click the Modify menu, and then click Open Linked Page. ◆ Press Ctrl (Win) or Command (Mac), and double-click the link. See Also See “Finding Broken Links” on page 452 for information on finding broken links or “Fixing Broken Links” on page 454 for information on changing links sitewide. From the Library of Wow! eBook ptg 184 Chapter 7 If you need to change a link across the entire site, you can use the Change Link Sitewide command to manually make the change you want. This command is useful when you want to delete a file other doc- uments are linked to and redirect the link to another document. After you change a link sitewide, the selected file become an orphan (no documents link to it), which you can safely delete without breaking links. Changing Links Sitewide Change a Link Sitewide Open the Files panel, and then select the file you want to change in the Local view. NOTE If you are changing an e-mail, FTP, null, or script link, you don’t need to select a file. Click the Site menu, and then click Change Link Sitewide. Select the options you want: ◆ Change All Links To. Click the Browse For File button to select the target file you want to unlink. If you are changing an e-mail, FTP, null, or script link, type the full text of the link you are changing. ◆ Into Links To . Click the Browse For File button to select the new file to link to. If you are changing an e-mail, FTP, null, or script link, type the full text of the replacement link. Click OK. 4 3 2 1 4 3 From the Library of Wow! eBook . link. See Also See “Finding Broken Links” on page 452 for information on finding broken links or “Fixing Broken Links” on page 454 for information on changing links sitewide. From the Library. easier than creating one. As a matter of fact, it only takes a second or two of your precious time. There are several dif- ferent ways to remove a link. You can delete the contents of the Link. doesn’t change until you update the files on the site. If the updating processing is taking too long, you can create a cache file to store information about all the links to speed up the process.