Links

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The <a> tag is used to create an anchor to link from.

The HREF attribute addresses the document to link to. The NAME attribute is used to create a named anchor.
Named anchors allow us to create links that can jump directly into a specific section on a page. The MAILTO attribute is used in conjunction with HREF and is used to set up a link to an e-mail client.

<a attribute="location of the item to link">linked text</a>

There are two types of links: Text and Picture.

A text link is a piece of text that when clicked, brings the user to another webpage. An example would be:

<a href="http://eos.ncsu.edu/e115">E115 Course Website</a>

A picture link acts just like a text link but instead of clickable text, it is a picture that when clicked, brings the user to another webpage. Now that you can make a link and place a picture on your webpage, the code is simple:

<a href="http://eos.ncsu.edu/e115"><img src="e115logo.jpg" alt="E115 Logo" /></a>

Always remeber to put in complete URL names and put those names in double quotes ( " ). When referencing another .html page that is in the same folder as your index.html, the syntax is as follows:

<a href="name.html">Page Name</a>

You MUST close your A tag when done with your link otherwise all of the text to follow your link will, whenever clicked on, take the user to the intended link.