Types of links

  • Hyperlinks <a> are what makes the Web a web
    • Allow random navigation File system Tree
    • Syntax: <a attributes>

The href attribute

  • Relative URL (within site):
    • href="7.html" same folder
    • href="../8-1/7.html" up a folder, down into a folder
    • href="../angry.html" up a folder

  • Absolute URL (from site root):
    • href="/common/syllabus.pdf"
  • Fully-Qualified URL (outside the site):
    • href="http://www.google.com"
  • The name attribute (anchor - specific location on a page)
    • <a name="top"> is a bookmark
    • Reference bookmarks by using a pound sign:
      • <a href="#top">Back to top</a>
      • Also in URLs: http://www.site.com/page.html#3
  • The target attribute
    • Targets designate which window loads the href
      • <a href="14.html" target="_blank">new window</a>
      • <a href="14.html" target="_parent">frameset parent
      • <a href="14.html" target="_self">same window
      • <a href="14.html" target="_top">topmost window
      • <a href="14.html" target="FRED">named window