Next you assign a unique URL to each button instance. A URL is the address or location of a page on the web. You can easily assign URLs to buttons by using the Property inspector.

  1. Select the button instance labeled Home.
  2. Enter index.htm in the Link text box of the Property inspector.

    This is a picture of the feature being described.

    When clicked in a web browser, the Home button will jump to a page called index.htm. You'll discover later in the tutorial why you linked the Home button to this page.

  3. Select the Vehicles button instance and enter your favorite URL in the Link text box of the Property inspector.

    This is a picture of the feature being described.

    For the purposes of this tutorial, any working URL will suffice. If you were creating a real website, you would enter the URL that you wanted the Vehicles button to jump to.

    NOTE

    Be sure to enter the URL of an actual website, so that you can test your button links later.

  4. Assign a URL to each of the remaining button instances. Once again, any working URL will suffice.
  5. Select File > Preview in Browser, and then select a browser.

    NOTE

    If no browser is listed, you must select a browser by selecting File > Preview in Browser > Set Primary Browser.

    To test button links, you must preview the document in a browser.

    When the document opens in your browser, test the buttons you created. Except for the Home button, which links to a file you haven't created yet, each button should jump to the link you specified in Fireworks.