The Web is based on hyperlinks. Each Web page contains active links to other pages, which in turn link to even more pages, until presumably the entire Web (or at least a great chunk of it) is bound together. In fact, that’s where the name “web” comes from. Hyperlinks can connect to other places on a Web page, to other pages within the Web site, to pages outside the site, and to many types of Web and non-Web content.

• Scenario 1: Hyperlinking to a Web Page.

The syntax for a hyperlink starts with <a> tag and uses an href=attribute which provides the URL or path to a destination.

This is followed by the text that will appear underlined as the link text that user click, or by a reference to the image that will serve as a hyperlink

• Scenario 2: USING Partial Paths and Filenames

In order to link to a specific page, the complete file name should be specified. Example, To provide a direct link to the page where users can download Windows Media Player, it should have the following tag:

• Scenario 3: Using Relative and Absolute Paths

Paths that contain a complete address that anyone can use to get to that page are called absolute paths. Absolute paths are very RELIABLE, but they are also long and awkward to type.

Instead of providing the full path only the destination file is provided, it is called a relative path. Below are the relative path examples.

• Scenario 4: Setting a Target Window

To direct the hyperlink to open a page in a new window, add the attribute target=″_blank″ to the <a> tag. For example, to open the foliage.htm file in a new window, the tag would be structured like this:

• Scenario 5: Hyperlinking to an E-Mail Address

Hyperlinks can point not only to web pages but also to email address. Email hyperlinks are useful to send a message to a particular person directly.

• Scenario 6: Creating and Hyperlinking to Anchors

An anchor is a marker within an HTML document, roughly analogous to a bookmark in a Word document. Define a specific location in the document with an anchor name, and then hyperlink directly to that anchor. Anchors are most valuable in long documents with multiple sections. They provide a means for users to jump directly to whatever section they want rather than having to read or scroll through the entire document.  

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