A link bar is a set of hyperlinks that enable site visitors to navigate among the pages in your Web site. By placing link bars in prominent and consistent locations on each page you can provide easy access to the key pages in your site.

In FrontPage, link bars are identified in the Navigation pane and in Navigation view by the link bar icon: . In Page view, link bars are regions of the page that include + add link commands.

Most pages in a SharePoint site share a common top link bar. By default, the top link bar has links to the following pages:

• Your site's Home page.
• The Documents and Lists page, which shows all the libraries, lists, discussion boards, and surveys in the Web site.
• The Create page, where users can create new lists and libraries.
• The Site Settings page, where users can manage site settings or update personal information.
• The Windows SharePoint Services online help.

Although we do not recommend that you remove or rearrange the default links on the top link bar, you can use the procedures described in this article to add other links to this link bar or to customize it in other ways.

The Quick Launch area on the default Home page of SharePoint sites includes the following link bars:

• The Documents link bar has links to document libraries in the site.
• The Pictures link bar has links to picture libraries in the site.
• The Lists link bar has links to lists in the site.
• The Discussions link bar has links to threaded discussions in the site.
• The Surveys link bar has links to surveys in the site.

You can use the procedures described in this article to change these link bars.

In FrontPage, you can change a site's navigation (including the link bars) by using the Navigation pane and Navigation view.

The Navigation pane is useful for displaying your site’s navigational structure while you edit Web pages. While editing a page, you can open the Navigation pane by clicking Navigation Pane on the View menu. Use the Navigation pane to reorder items in a link bar or to rename or delete pages from the link bars. For more information, see the "Changing your SharePoint site's navigation" section.

The Navigation view displays your site's navigation structure in a large window. You can change the way you view the structure by zooming in and out and rotating the view from landscape to portrait orientation to customize the view for your site. You can use Navigation view to build additional pages into your SharePoint site. The pages are incorporated into the site's navigation structure as you add them. By using Navigation view and Folder List together, you can drag pages onto link bars or into your site’s structure. For more information, see the "Changing your SharePoint site's navigation" section.

You can add hyperlinks to your site's top link bar or to link bars in the Quick Launch area. You can add links to content in the current site or to content outside of your site, such as a Web page on the Internet.

1. In Navigation view or the Navigation pane, right-click the link bar that you want to add a hyperlink to, and then click Add Existing Page on the shortcut menu.

   Note  In Navigation view and the Navigation pane in FrontPage, the top link bar of your SharePoint site is labeled SharePoint Top Navbar. The default Quick Launch navigation bars are labeled Documents, Pictures, Lists, Discussions, and Surveys.

2. Do one of the following:
   • If the file is in the current site, locate and click the file you want to link to.
   • If you want to link to a file or page that you recently visited by using your Web browser, click Browsed Pages, and then click the page or file to link to.
   • If you are linking to a page outside of the current site, in the Address box, type the Internet address of the page.
3. Click OK.

Note  You can also add a hyperlink to a link bar in Page view, by clicking + add link.

You can move hyperlinks in a link bar either from the Navigation pane or from Navigation view. Do one of the following:

• To move a hyperlink, either within a link bar or to a different link bar, click and drag the item to the new location.
• To copy a hyperlink, while pressing the CONTROL key, drag the item to the new location.

Note  You can also copy or cut a hyperlink in a link bar by right-clicking the hyperlink and clicking Copy or Cut. To paste a hyperlink, right-click the link bar and click Paste.

1. In the Navigation pane or in Navigation view, right-click the hyperlink, and then click Rename.
2. Type the new name for the hyperlink.

You can change the colors and shape of a link bar by changing its style.

1. In Page view, at the bottom of the document window, click Design .
2. Double-click the link bar.
3. Click the Style tab.
4. Click the link bar style that you want to use for this link bar.
5. To display the link bar's theme in a more vivid hue, click Vivid Colors.
6. To add an interactive effect when a user points to the link bar, click Use Active Graphics.
7. Click OK.

By using FrontPage, you can rapidly add pages to your site. By adding pages from link bars, you can automatically incorporate the pages in your site's navigation structure.

• In Navigation view, right-click the link bar and point to New, and then click Page on the shortcut menu.

  A new, blank page is created and added to your site structure. You can use the full set of FrontPage editing features to edit the page's content.