creating hyperlinks with the tag
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Creating hyperlinks with the <a> tag
Skills: using the <a> tag IT concepts: tag, attribute
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• Internet concepts– Applications– Technology– Implications
• Internet skills– Application development (Web)– Content creation– User skills
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Which two things must we specify in a link?
Link text and target
<a href = “http://www.abc.com/prices”>ABC prices</a>
HTML for this example
The link textThe link destination
<a href = “link destination”> link text </a>
The general form
Link to a page on a different server
<a href = “http://www.abc.com/prices”>ABC prices</a>
<a href = “prices.htm”>ABC prices</a>
Link to a page on your own server
<a href = “products/prices.htm”>ABC prices</a>
Link to a page on your own server
Summary
What happens if you misspell the link destination?
What happens if you misspell the link text?
What happens if you leave http:// off of an external link?
What happens if you include http:// in a local link?
Is href a tag, value, attribute or neither?
Is <a> a tag, value, attribute or neither?
Self-study questions
W3schools tutorial on HTML links:http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp
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