Hyperlinking Linking from one page to another Hyperlinking, or Linking, is the ability to click on a bit of text or an image and have it jump you to another page, or area of a page.

To give your visitor something to click on, put some text between the opening and closing tag.

If the page is in the same folder use just the filename.

The code:

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Page Linking

If a page is not on your site put in the web address for the page.

The code:

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Linking to areas on the same page

Let's say you have a page about pets, and at the top of this page you want to provide a link down to the area about your bird. Go to the area about your bird and put a NAME ANCHOR around the title or first word of the 'bird' portion.

The code:

Then go up to the top of the page where you want to put the link to the 'bird' section.

The code:

Now when you click on the link on the top of your pets page, it will jump right down to the section about your bird.

Making a link to an email address

If you want the link to send mail to a specific e-mail address, you have to add "mailto:" to the anchor.

The code:

Now when you click on this "mailto:" link, it will open your email program and automatically address an email to whatever address you have defined in this tag.

Using a Thumbnail

To link from a small file to a large file.

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