HOW TO MAKE LINKS TO OTHER PAGES, AND IN OTHER PLACES
So far you've
been making an independent web page, which is all very nice and enjoyable, but
what makes the internet so special is that it all links to each other.
The
"H" and "T" in "HTML" mean "hypertext",
which basically means a linked text system.
An anchor tag
(a) is used to define a link, but it is also necessary to add something to the
anchor tag - the destination of the link.
Add this to
your document:
<! DOCTYPE
html>
<Html>
<Head>
<Title>
My first webpage </ title>
</
Head>
<Body>
<H1> My
first web page </ h1>
<H2>
What is this </ h2>
<P> A
simple page formed using HTML </ p>
<H2>
Why this is </ h2>
<P> To
learn HTML </ p>
<H2>
Where to find the tutorial </ h2>
<P>
<a href="http://www.htmldog.com"> Dog HTML </a> </
p>
</
Body>
</
Html>
The link
destination is defined in the href attribute of the tag. The link can be
absolute, such as "http://www.htmldog.com", or it may be relative to
the current page.
So if, for
example, you had another file named "flyingmoss.html" in the same
directory, then the line of code would just be <a
href="flyingmoss.html"> The miracle of moss in flight </a>
or something I like this.
A link does
not have to link to another HTML file, it can link to any file anywhere on the
web.
