Creating Effective Links

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

A document becomes hypertext by tossing in a few links in the same way that water becomes soup when you throw in a few vegetables. Technically, you’ve met the goal, but the outcome may not be very palatable.

Inserting anchors into your documents is something of an art, requiring good writing skills, HTML prowess… Continue reading >>

Linking Do’s and Don’ts

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Here are some hints for creating links:

  • Keep the link content as concise as possible. Long links or huge inline graphic icons for links are visually disruptive and potentially confusing.
  • Never place two links immediately adjacent to one another. Most browsers make it difficult to tell where one link stops and the