Hyperlinks <a></a>
(This is a companion tag)On this page we will explain how to create a hyperlink.
We will start with learning the pieces that make up a complete link.
This is an example link.<a href="http://www.mynewsite.com">My New
Site</a>
The sections defined and abbreviations explained in the order they appear in the link:
<a> (Anchor)
This element defines a hyperlink, the named target destination for a hyperlink,
or both.
href an acronym for Hypertext Reference
This is the single required attribute for anchors defining a hypertext source
link. It indicates the link target, a URL (Universal Resource Locator)
is a means of identifying an exact location on the Internet, which specifies an
internal target location within the current document, website or to an external
website or document.
http
HyperText Transfer Protocol. It
is a standard method of transferring data between a Web server and a Web
browser.
www (World Wide Web)
mywebsite.com the address/domain name of the website.
My New Site Displayed text, otherwise known as the "Anchor Text"
</a> Closing tag
Lets create a link in our text editor that will take us to the World Wide Web Consortium
website Using the following sentence,
"The World Wide Web Consortium
develops inter-operable technologies for the WWW."
We will make the words "World Wide Web Consortium" the displayed words or anchor text to click;
<p>The <a href="http://www.w3.org">World Wide Web Consortium</a>
develops inter-operable technologies for the WWW.</p>
Click on the link and verify that you have it properly structured.