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Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks can be added to images or texts.
There are two types of hyperlinks:
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External links
take us to other web pages related to the topic.
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Internal links
take us to a different part of the same web page. For example,
if a web page is very long and has lots of text, hyperlink buttons can be added
to make navigation easier and faster. There may be forward or backward
buttons, or an index at the beginning of the page with links to various
sections of the text.
Comments from users
Although you shouldn’t give any personal information on the Internet, it may
be interesting to receive feedback from users who visit your page. For example,
you might use a ‘comment box’ application that is linked to your email account.
Page order
If you have created various pages, you can join them together with internal
links. Here are two ways that you can order the pages.
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Linear order
: one page follows another, like the pages of a magazine.
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Hierarchical order
:
from the first page, we can link to any other page that
we like.
Visual impact
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Another fundamental aspect of web page design is the effective combination
of
text formats
(colours, font styles) and
images
(backgrounds, illustrations,
photos).
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If we want our web page to look more dynamic, we can add
animated gifs
,
which are images that move. We can also use
dynamic text formats
, which
change their colour or appearance, for example when we pass the cursor
over them.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
If your web page contains a lot
of images, it will take a long
time to download. That may
discourage people from visiting
your page.
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