I am sure that this is quite a novice question to be asking, nevertheless you know the old saying "If you don't ask you never know what just might happen".

I was just wondering what the easiest way to add a hover button onto a link using Dreamweaver? So that when a user runs the mouse over the link it highlights the area.

This is the css code use by the dreamweaver on back. Mostly this code is used and css is the best method to apply over effect.

a:link {
    color:green;
}
a:hover {
    font-weight:bolder;
    color:black;
}

You can do this in dreamweaver by following method:

1. Right click on the page, a menu will open point to css style sheet.

2. Click New ( a window will open with radio buttons and fields)

3. Select option advance, click the menu for the desire effect to apply on <a href> tags only. which are a:hover, a:link, a:visited, a:active.

4. Select option 'this document only'(will write the code on the same page behind the interface)

5. Now apply any of the properties from the open window will effect on the <a href> tags only, if they are on the page.

Hope I answer the question.