How to Add an "E Mail Me!" Link to Your Web Page
Decide to which page you want to add your link., Open the page's HTML file in your favorite editor., Locate where in the file you wish to insert the link., Type (or copy and paste) the following in the place selected in the previous step: Email me...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Decide to which page you want to add your link.
Notepad works just fine for Windows users. , For instance, if you want the link to appear at the bottom of your web page you should insert the code at the end of the HTML file. , </a>
, If not, delete subject= &
Otherwise, remove &body= (unless you have already removed the "&"
in which case you will just remove "body=") , after the email address. , with whatever text of which you wish the link to consist. ,,, Otherwise, start back at step 1 to change your page. -
Step 2: Open the page's HTML file in your favorite editor.
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Step 3: Locate where in the file you wish to insert the link.
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Step 4: Type (or copy and paste) the following in the place selected in the previous step: <a href="mailto: ?subject= &body= "> Email me!
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Step 5: Replace with your email address.
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Step 6: If you wish
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Step 7: enter a subject for the emails after the subject= portion.
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Step 8: Also optional: Insert text that will appear in the body (main part) of the email after the body= portion.
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Step 9: If you are not using either the subject or body sections
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Step 10: remove ?
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Step 11: Replace the words Email me!
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Step 12: Save the changes.
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Step 13: Preview your web page in the browser of your choice.
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Step 14: If you're satisfied with your changes
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Step 15: upload the new page to your host.
Detailed Guide
Notepad works just fine for Windows users. , For instance, if you want the link to appear at the bottom of your web page you should insert the code at the end of the HTML file. , </a>
, If not, delete subject= &
Otherwise, remove &body= (unless you have already removed the "&"
in which case you will just remove "body=") , after the email address. , with whatever text of which you wish the link to consist. ,,, Otherwise, start back at step 1 to change your page.
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