Time for action – creating a list of links

  1. We'll get started with our basic HTML file and associated folders, like we created in Chapter 1, Designer, Meet jQuery. We'll add a list of links to a few different types of downloadable files to the <body> of the HTML document:
    <h1>Adding Icons to Links</h1>
<p>Here's a list of downloadable files:</p>
<ul>
   <li><a href="presentation.ppt">Presentation slides</a></li>
   <li><a href="video.mp4">Video of presentation</a></li>
   <li><a href="notes.pdf">Notes for presentation</a></li>
   <li><a href="icons.gif">Icon sprite</a></li>
</ul>

    When we view this list in a browser, we'll see a bulleted list of links—there's no visual indication what type of file lies behind each link—the user has to guess based on the text ...

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