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Creating an email link

Creating an email link - Dreamweaver Tutorial

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Creating an email link

Email links allow users to click on a link and automatically generate an email to the specified address. Dreamweaver makes creating email links incredibly simple and just like most options in the Dreamweaver there are multiple ways to do it. Now before we dive into the specifics of creating email links in Dreamweaver, I want to talk to you for just a moment about the pros and cons of using the techniques that I'm about to show you. The default method of creating email links in Dreamweaver really is just dead simple. It makes giving your users the ability to contact you even easier. Dreamweaver is going to insert a link including the text of your choice surrounded by an anchor link that links to the defined email. A simple click from them and they're composing an email to the address of your choice. The downside of this is that if you insert an email link on your page this way spambots are going to find and catalog your email address even faster and your spam filter is really going to…

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