ENG 364:Multimedia Writing
Hypertext Workshop
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In writing your research journal response to James Kincaid's "Purloined Letters" essay, I'd like you to include the following parameters:
Link out to the source essay, in this case, Kincaid's "Purloined Letters." While making the hyperlink, chose a new target frame: Make the essay appear in a new window, so that your readers can compare the source without leaving your essay about it behind.
Use colored text to clarify the content of your page.
Hyperlinks do not have to be underlined.
Layout for the Web, Not for Print
Always remember that in creating Web rather than paper documents, you are designing landscape rather than portrait format pages.
Also remember that readers don't like to scroll. That's why books triumphed over long rolled-up parchments. It's unlikely that your page will ever be printed, so break your document up if possible into pages that can be viewed entire.
Include internal navigation in your essay. This involves inserting links at key points in your document to other parts and pages.
A reader should always be able to get back to the start or head of the document.
You must avoid disorienting your reader with distracting links, lack of navigation, or unclear navigation.
Make precise internal links by adding bookmarks to your documents.
Place your cursor at the end of your document. Choose Insert > Bookmark, and give your bookmark a simple name. Then use FrontPage's HTML view to look at the source code for your bookmark. At the top of your document, add navigation called Go to End. Hyperlink "Go to End" to the bookmark you have made. You have now begun adding navigation to your document. You can link to bookmarks in other pages by adding the name of the bookmark with a # after the filename in the pathname.
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