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Creating hyperlinks with the a tag

Learn how to create hyperlinks using the <a> tag in HTML. Explore different link destinations, link text formats, and common mistakes to avoid.

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Creating hyperlinks with the a tag

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  1. Creating hyperlinks with the a tag Skills: using the a tag IT concepts: none This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

  2. Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts • Applications • Technology • Implications • Internet skills • Application development (HTML) • Content creation

  3. Link text and target

  4. HTML for this example <a href = “http://www.abc.com”>ABC Inc.</a> The link text The link destination

  5. The general form <a href = “link destination”> link text </a>

  6. Link to a page on a different server <a href = “http://www.abc.com”>go to ABC</a> use http://

  7. Link to a page on your own server <a href = “localpage.htm”>local page</a> Do not use http:// for links within your site

  8. Self-study questions What happens if you misspell the link destination? What happens if you misspell the link text? What happens if you leave http:// off of an external link? What happens if you include http:// in a local link? Is href a tag, value, attribute or neither? Is <a> a tag, value, attribute or neither?

  9. Creating hyperlinks with the a tag Skills: using the a tag IT concepts: none This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

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