How to insert links in HTML

Basics of inserting links in HTML

I am one of those people that use a program like Microsoft FrontPage or Dreamweaver for a HTML editor. This is great but sometimes they do not do what you want and you need to insert some basic HTML into your project. I tried to avoid having to know even the basics but I am constantly needing to use them. Its all about trial and error. You could try pasting some of these into your web to see what happens.

Here is a basic web page start.

This is where you basically put everything. Insert your links in the body.

How to insert a link to a web page in your web.

Get Fantastic traffic

This link points to a Folder in the main directory of my web, called Articles. The .htm file is called "get_targeted_traffic_to_your_web". The next part shows us the text we will see on the page. It will look like this:

Get Fantastic traffic

How to insert a link to another web page.

Go to my Ebay shop.

Same thing but I copied the address of the page from the address bar in internet explorer and pasted it in. Then I changed the text I want to display. It looks like this:

Go to my Ebay shop

If I put target="_blank" in front of this like this:

Go to my Ebay shop.

This will open my link in a new window. If I change the word _blank to _top it will open in the same window.

How to insert a link to your email.

Contact Us

This will open an email box, providing the person has an email program installed, and send it to admin@computerhowto. The subject line will be called General Question. The %20 is there to show there is a space. And the text will say Contact Us. Like this:

Contact Us

How to insert a link to somewhere on your page.

There is no point me explaining this when there is a perfect example here. Just take a look and see the difference between Chapter 4 and the others. Then you will know what to do.

I hope this article has helped. I tried to write it as simple as possible because I know what its like to try and learn HTML. I could go on about formatting text or aligning it, however this may complicate it even more. Happy learning!

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