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The link tag is one of the most useful and used tags in HTML since it allows you to create a portal to another web-site, either internal (a sub-page of your website which is located on the same server) or external (to a generic web-site on the world wide web, such as netscape.com). Another use for links is to create targets in the same HTML document, but if you want to find out more, read below.

External Link

<a href="http://www.hi.com/">Sample Link</a> Sample Link

DESCRIPTION: This tag creates a link to an external page on another server, such as the one used in the example (http://www.hi.com). To link to an external page, the full address is required, as well as the HTTP prefix.

OTHER ATTRIBUTES: The <a href> tag has a number of attributes that serve different purposes. Some examples are displayed below.

<a href="http://www.hi.com/" target="_new">Sample Link</a> Sample Link

DESCRIPTION: The TARGET attribute will open a new window and display the link destination in that new window. Also very useful for FRAME layouts, but we will go into that later.

Internal Link

<a href="index.html">Sample Link</a> Sample Link

DESCRIPTION: This tag will create an internal link to a page on your own server, therefore the HTTP prefix and the full address are not required. In this example, I used AAA HTML's main page as the internal link. This tag is very useful if you wish to subdivide your website into sections.

OTHER ATTRIBUTES: The <a href> tag has a number of attributes that serve different purposes. Some examples are displayed below.

<a href="index.html" target="_new">Sample Link</a> Sample Link

DESCRIPTION: The TARGET attribute will open a new window and display the link destination in that new window. Also very useful for FRAME layouts, but we will go into that later.

Link to Targets

DESCRIPTION: Linking to targets allows you to create a link on one page to another section of the same html file. This is very useful if you have very much information on a single page and want to subdivide it without using internal links. This HTML element consists of two parts, the tag for creating a target, and the tag to call upon the target.

<a name="TARGET"> N/A (this creates the target)

<a href="#TARGET">Target Link</A> Target Link

DESCRIPTION: The example provided above will take you to the top section of this page, where I have created a target. Targets can be put anywhere in HTML documents and do not require a closing tag. To call on the target, you must specifiy the target's name (i.e. TARGET) and don't forget the # sign in front of it. The target link is a little tricky to explain, but quite easy to use.

Links are very important when you have a lot of content or information to display, and it is recommended you use them often to subdivide your content into smaller not so overwhelming sections.

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