7. Building Hypertext Links
IN THIS CHAPTER
• How hyperlinks work, including relative links versus absolute links and the various HTML elements used for links
• Creating the links and putting them on your Web page
• Linking to parts of the same page and building graphical links
• Creating special links, including links to other Internet services
• Automatic link stuff: Changing pages and opening new Web browser windows
Hypertext was the basic concept that propelled the idea of the Web forward, allowing information and ideas to be linked together in a way that hadn’t happened before on the Internet. Combined with most Web browsers’ graphical and multimedia capabilities, hypertext links (hyperlinks) make the Web an entirely new medium for communication ...
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