Creating Links


Hypertext links are created with a <a href="the address"> Some text that the user will click on and </a> to end the link. By doing so, Netscape will (generally) display the text between the beginning and the ending tag in blue and underlined. When a user clicks on the text, he/she will be taken to the location placed in the address. Look at the sample below.

Notice the sample link to the White House...

<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov">The White House! </a>


You may also want to create a mail link. This permits users to simply click on an item to open the browsers mail application so the users can send you email.

To display your address for others to email you directly, use the coding the following coding.

<a href="mailto:email_address">Text to be clicked</a>

such as;

<a href="mailto:blocher@asu.edu"> J. Michael Blocher </a>


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