HTML uses the <a> (anchor) tag to create links. When you make a link, you are making a clickable anchor text or image. When somebody click on this text or image, it will take them to another web page. Let's say that you wanted to make a link from your web page to Google. You would type:
With the targeted attribute, you can define how the linked web page will be opened. You can let the browser displays the linked web page in a new window with target="_blank" attribute.
For example, let's open the Google web page in a new browser window:
Sometimes, you might want to have a link to take you to a specific section of another page. To do this, you need to do two things. The first, is to make the link, and the second, is to make where the link will lead to.
1) To make the actual link, think of a name for the certain spot. Let's say you are going to call it "spot". If this certain spot is on the same page that the link is, you would type:
<a href="#spot">Link to the spot section</a>
2) Now, you need to make where the link will take you. Go to the spot where you want the link to take you, and type:
<a name="spot"></a>
Mailto Links
Most people like to have a link on their web page that automatically sends e-mail to an address. If you want to do this, and your name is Dan, and your e-mail address is a@a.com, type:
