## Creating links in frame-based pages

When your visitor clicks a hyperlink on a frame-based page the usual behavior is for the destination page to replace the contents of the frame containing the link with the contents of any other frames remaining unchanged.

Alternatively you can set a target for the hyperlink to cause the destination to be displayed in a different frameset within the same frameset page, replace the content of the entire browser window, or be displayed in a completely new browser window.

### To specify the target for a link

- Select the text or graphic item that you want to convert into a hyperlink.
- Open the Edit menu and choose Hyperlink....

The Edit Hyperlink dialog box will be displayed to allow you to specify the destination of the hyperlink and the target option.

- Specify the destination for the hyperlink in the usual way.
- Specify the target for the hyperlink by choosing the appropriate option from the Target drop-down menu.
- To make the destination of the link appear in a specified frame in the frameset select the name of the frame from the Target drop-down menu:

- Alternatively choose one of the following predefined link targets:

### To set the base target for a page

You can set the default target for all links on a specified page to avoid the need to specify each link’s target individually.

Target | Description
_parent | Displays the destination page in the frameset containing the frame in which the link occurs. If there is only one frameset this is the same as the _top option.
_top | Displays the destination page in the whole browser window.
_blank | Displays the destination page in a new browser window.
_self | Displays the destination page in the frame containing the link. This is the default behavior.

- Click the HTML generation settings icon at the top of the Inspector palette to display the HTML generation settings for the page:

- Choose the appropriate option from the Target drop-down menu.

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