Creating a Jump Menu for Your Website

Using Dreamweaver 8

Neil Mey
1.
Open Dreamweaver
2.
Create a new html document or bring up the html file you want the jump menu to be inserted into.
3.
In Design view click on the document where you want the menu placed
4.
Move your mouse up to the Dreamweaver menu bar and select insert, form, then down to jump menu and select.
5.
After you select jump menu a popup menu should come up on the screen with the title Insert Jump Menu.
6.
In this menu you will see a blank line next to text. In this space type in the word you want to appear in the selection menu. In our case we want it to say google so type that in.
7.
After you type it in move down to url. Type in http://www.google.com . Don't forget the http:// part as it is a site outside of your local webpage. Or what profesionals in the field can an external link.
8.
Under options select insert go button after menu
9.
Do not close out the menu
10.
Repeat steps 1-8 but using a different name and url for instance yahoo and http://www.yahoo.com
11.
After you are done you will click ok
12.
Your jump menu should now appear on the page. Preview the file in your browser and you will see how it works.

Published by Neil Mey

My name is Neil Mey. I am from Saint Louis Missouri and have a Master of Arts degree in Communications from Lindenwood University. I am currently an Instructor at Lindenwood University as well.  View profile

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