Learn to use hyperlinks to connect web pages : CREATING A HYPERLINK
Hyperlinks are an important skill to master when building websites as they let the user easily access pieces of content.
Let’s create a web page with a hyperlink.
1) Open up your text-editing program.
Create a new HTML file called links.html.
Type this code into your new file:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Links</title> </head> <body> </body> </html>
2) Let’s make our hyperlink.
Add an anchor < a > tag with an empty href attribute to the < body > of your page.
Your code will look like this:
<body> <a href=" "></a> </body>
3) Choose a word or phrase to be the text for your hyperlink on your web page.
Put it between your opening and closing < a > tags.
Your code will look like this:
<body> <a href=" ">Click here</a> </body>
4) Now choose the URL you want your hyperlink to connect to.
Set it as the value of your href attribute.
Your code will look like this:
<body> <a href="https://www.miltonmarketing.com"> Click here</a> </body>
5) Save your HTML file and open it in your web browser.
You will see the text between your < a > tags displayed on screen.
When you click the hyperlink text your web browser will link to your URL.
Sample output of above code:
Try clicking your newly made link. Notice how it takes over your current window/session. We will get into other tabs/windows shortly.
