In this tutorial you will learn how to create links to other pages in HTML. Show Creating Links in HTMLA link or hyperlink is a connection from one web resource to another. Links allow users to move seamlessly from one page to another, on any server anywhere in the world. A link has two ends, called anchors. The link starts at the source anchor and points to the destination anchor, which may be any web resource, for example, an image, an audio or video clip, a PDF file, an HTML document or an element within the document itself, and so on. By default, links will appear as follow in most of the browsers:
However, you can overwrite this using CSS. Learn more about styling links. HTML Link SyntaxLinks are specified in HTML using the A link or hyperlink could be a word, group of words, or image. <a href="url">Link text</a> Anything between the opening
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An absolute URL is the URL that includes every part of the URL format, such as protocol, host name, and path of the document, e.g., Setting the Targets for LinksThe
Try out the following example to understand how the link's target basically works:
Tip: If your web page is placed inside an iframe, you can use the Creating Bookmark AnchorsYou can also create bookmark anchors to allow users to jump to a specific section of a web page. Bookmarks are especially helpful if you have a very long web page. Creating bookmarks is a two-step process: first add the
Tip: You can even jump to a section of another web page by specifying the URL of that page along with the
anchor (i.e. Creating Download LinksYou can also create the file download link in exactly the same fashion as placing text links. Just point the destination URL to the file you want to be available for download. In the following example we've created the download links for ZIP, PDF and JPG files.
Note: When you click a link that points to a PDF or image file, the file is not downloaded to your hard drive directly. It will only open the file in your web browser. Further you can save or download it to your hard drive on a permanent basis. How do I display a page within a page in HTML?The HTML <iframe> tag specifies an inline frame. An inline frame is used to embed another document within the current HTML document.
How do I open another page in the same page in HTML?HTML Links - The target Attribute. _self - Default. Opens the document in the same window/tab as it was clicked.. _blank - Opens the document in a new window or tab.. _parent - Opens the document in the parent frame.. _top - Opens the document in the full body of the window.. How do you add a second page in HTML?Learn how to create multiple pages in HTML with three easy-to-follow steps.. Step 1: Create a folder. The first step is to add a folder. ... . Step 2: Create an HTML file. The second step is to add HTML files. ... . Step 3: Create a navigation bar. Okay, you are almost there! ... . Conclusion. And now it is all done!. |