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Changing the Update Preferences

DREAMWEAVER FOUNDATIONS Preferences dialog box.
As you have seen, Dreamweaver automatically asks you to
update links when you move a file in the Files panel. You
can change this behavior in the General pane of the

If you choose Always in the Update Links... menu, the
affected links are automatically updated without user
intervention. In other words, you do not see the Update Files
dialog box during the process.

If you choose Never, links are not automatically updated
when you move files in the Files panel. If you do not
manually correct links, they will result in an error when
clicked by a user.

Stage 2 Organizing the Site Navigation

Hyperlinks (the official term for links) can be created to link pages on a site to other pages within the
same site, or to pages on other sites. A well-designed site includes links that make it easy to get to any
part of a site from any other part of a site. You should carefully plan the flow of links and connections
between pages — always keeping the reader’s usability in mind.
Organizing links is a simple application of a science called information architecture, which is
the organization of a Web site to support both usability and “findability.” As you organize site links,
remember that your goal is to enable visitors to see a pattern in your links, which will assist them in
navigating through your site. Keep the following points in mind when you plan a site’s link structure:
• You can’t know how visitors will enter your site. The primary site pages (home, about us, etc.)
should be accessible from every page on the site.
• When linking secondary pages such as different menus for different mealtimes, don’t make
users constantly click the browser’s Back button. Links should allow users to navigate all
sibling pages (at the same level) as easily as navigating the primary structure. For example,
users should be able to access the dinner menu or lunch menu in the restaurant’s site without
first going back to a main “Menu” page.

Using the terms “parent,” “child,” and “sibling” is simply a way of describing relationships between
pages. A large Web site cannot provide links to all of the pages from its home page. By grouping pages,
grouping groups of pages, and so on, you create relationships of equality between pages that are
grouped together, as well as between groups that are grouped together.
When you plan a new site,
you should create this type of Kinetic Bistro Site Navigation
flowchart to make sure you
create all the necessary links that
make the site as user-friendly Home About Menus Events Contact
as possible. A flowchart of
the required Kinetic site link
structure is shown to the right.
In this stage of the project,
you will learn various techniques Dinner Lunch
to create the necessary links on
the Kinetic site pages.

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