Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

link

Synopsis

<link />

Defines the relationship between the current document and another document. Although it can signify such relationships as index, next, and previous, it is most often used to link a document to an external style sheet.

Attributes

Core(id, class, style, title), Internationalization, Events

charset=" charset "

Specifies the character encoding of the target document. See Chapter 6 for information on character sets.

href=" URL "

Identifies the target document.

hreflang=" language code "

Specifies the base language of the target document. See Chapter 6 for a list of two-letter language codes.

media="all|screen|print|handheld|projection|tty|tv|projection|braille|aural"

Identifies the target medium for the linked document so an alternate style sheet can be accessed. The media attribute is explained in more detail in Chapters 16 and 36.

rel=" relationships "

Describes one or more relationships from the current source document to the target. Common relationship types include stylesheet, next, prev, copyright, index, and glossary.

rev=" relationships "

Specifies one or more relationships of the target document back to the source (the opposite of the rel attribute).

target="name"

Defines the default target window for all links in the document. Often used to target frames.

type=" resource "

Shows the media or content type of an outside link. The value text/css indicates that the linked document is an external Cascading Style Sheet.