Yahoo Sitebuilder

How to insert link to another part of the same page

[GeorgeFM]

Dear Friends,
I have joined the community just today, and started to manage my first website two months ago. It is a great fun, and a huge amount of work. This site has been created via Yahoo Sitebuilder. (I know that eg., Dreamweaver is much better, I have learned this from one of your discussions here too. Dreamweaver will be used soon.) But in the meantime could someone please tell me how I can insert a link to another part of the same page with Sitebuider? Thank you.

[MkSlim]

Hello GeorgeFM

I have been seeking an answer to this for a while and I don't think there is a way, or at least, I havent found it. I've been using Yahoo Sitebuilder for 4 months now, my next step is probably the Frontpage. Yahoo Sitebuilder is a great software but it has few short commnigs. One of them is the insertion of HTML code which can cause your page to distort. That's my big problem.

Welcome to Webmaster World

Mk

[Beagle]

I'm assuming Yahoo Sitebuilder is a program you use online and can only be used for sites hosted by Yahoo? It's difficult to get support for that type of proprietary sitebuilder outside of its own system.

When I'm (mostly lurking and learning) at this forum, I tend to shy away from talking about the program I use to build my own sites, but if the HTML purists will look the other way for a moment... :-o

If you basically like using online sitebuilders but want to get rid of the--often major--limitations, I'd suggest you check out CuteSiteBuilder from Globalscape (no affiliation), the same company that puts out CuteFTP, which I've seen mentioned in this forum. What I like about CSB is that you can begin using it with the same level of ease as most online sitebuilders, but unlike them it gives you room to grow. For example, it has an "insert HTML" function that does not distort your page, so as you learn more HTML you can incorporate it. You can also have your site hosted wherever you want.

A big drawback if you eventually want to do all your own coding is that CSB doesn't give you direct access to edit your source code (except for what you manually insert), but I don't think the online sitebuilders do, either. FrontPage or Dreamweaver would allow you to do that.

I'm a writer who uses a website to host my writing, rather than a website builder who writes content, so my feeling is that I'm better off letting CSB handle most of the HTML. Your mileage definitely may vary.

[Beagle]

BTW--On your question about linking two points on the same page, you might want to look for information on "anchors" in any help material you have access to.

[MkSlim]

Yahoo Sitebuilder is actually an offline application that is provided free with Yahoo hosting account. It is a very good beginner's software, but as soon as you start getting serious about your website design, you realize this software's limitations.

That's why I'm now looking at Frontpage...

Mk

[thinksuccess]

Yahoo site builder is limited and there are many other cms applications that are much better. Frontpage also has it's limitations.

[edited by: Woz at 10:59 am (utc) on July 3, 2005]
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