§ Make Links. §
Hypertext Links are used to link from
site to site, page to page, and to words within a page.
Linking from site to site, you must
include the complete URL, or address.
This is called the Absolute Path.
( Ex.: "http://Server/Site Name/File" ).
Use a forward
slash ( / ) to include subdirectories, if part of path to file.
To link pages that are within the same
Site, use a Relative Link.
If both files are in the same directory,
use only the filename.
Use a Named
Anchor ( Internal Hyperlink ) to link to text within a page.
The 'A' Tag opens the link, and contains all
the necessary information, called attributes and their values, to complete the jump. Values must be enclosed in quotation marks.
The 'A' Tag, and its attributes are
enclosed between the 'less than' sign, a leftangle (<), and the 'greater
than' sign, a rightangle (>). All elements and their attributes are
enclosed by these angle signs.
The HREF
(Hypertext REFerence) attribute is used to specify the named target, or URL of
the linked to file.
( Ex.: <A HREF="http://Server/Site
Name/File">Hypertext</A> )
All the text that follows the opening 'A'
Tag is Hypertext, until the link is turned off (closed) by the forward slashed
'A' Tag. DONOT embed any tags within a
link!
To create an Internal Hyperlink with
the HREF attribute, use a hash sign (#) enclosed within the opening 'A' Tag,
followed by the name of the link, to indicate the name of the target text to
link to, within a page, followed by the Hypertext, and closed by the forward
slashed 'A' Tag..
(Ex.: <A HREF="#name of
target">Hypertext</A>).
At the
destination of the link, include the Name attribute and the target name in the
opening 'A' Tag, followed by the target text, then close the link with the
forward slashed 'A' Tag.
(Ex.: <A NAME="name of
target">Target text.</A>)
Use the 'Target' attribute to name a window, or to open a Link in a new window.
( Ex.:<a href="makelink.htm" target="new">Hypertext</a> )
The 'IMG' element specifies imagemap
information, it replaces the Hypertext to display an image, or graphics file to
use as a link. The 'SRC' points to the location of that file.
The 'A' Tag brings the Internet to life,
through connectivity.