Chapter 19Links, Anchors, and Image Maps
Defining a Link
A link is basically a piece of HTML code that allows you to redirect the browser to a different resource on the Internet. That redirection can be to another page on your site, a different site entirely, an e-mail address, or even an FTP address for file download. Here is the general HTML syntax:
<A HREF="locationOrURL" [NAME="anchorName"] [TARGET="windowName"]> linkText</A>
The HREF attribute defines the document or anchor to which you are linking. HREF literally stands for HyperText Reference. The NAME attribute specifies a tag that becomes an available hypertext target within the current document. If this attribute is present, the link object is also an anchor object. The TARGET attribute ...
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