Hypertext Reference (href) attribute
Posted by admin | Posted in HTML Tutorial | Posted on 11-08-2010-05-2008
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The href attribute in an anchor tag defines a reference, an address that the link refers to. Basically this is where the user will be taken if they click this link.
Hypertext references can be Internal, Local, or Global.
· Internal – Links to the current page
in the href attribute we give the name of the anchor we need to link to in our page, preceeded by a hash (#)
· Local – Links to other pages within your domain
in the href attribute we give a relative address of our own domain
· Global – Links to other domains outside of your site
in the href attribute we provide the full URL of the web page we are making a link to.
Example:
Internal – href=”#anchorname”
Local – href=”../pics/picturefile.jpg”
Global – href=”http://www.xyz.com/”
Target Attribute
The target attribute defines where to open the linked document or page., ie on the same page or on a new page or in some frame if frmaes are used.
The code below will open the document in a new browser window:
Example:
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Example:
| _blank
_self” |
opens the page in a blank window
Loads the new page in current window |
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| _parent” | Loads new page into a frame that is superior to where the link lies | |
| _top” | Loads new page into the current browser window, cancelling all frames |
