Referencing to other pages, images, files. Using the <a> tag or anchor element.
<a href="link.html">Link Text</a>- use the href attribute
- Absolute URL: URL that goes to a another website, the full name is needed
https://google.com - Relative URL: links to resources on the same URL
/google- to link to another directory use
dir/path.html - when pointing to a folder, the browser will automatically find
index.html
Links can also be referenced from an image, not just text.
- to link to another directory use
target attribute
The default is _self which opens the link content in the same tab
Use _blank to open in a new tab
ID Link
Any html element tagged with the attribute ID can be used in a link with #, clicking on the link will jump to that element.
<h1 id="title">Title</h1>
<a href="#title">Return to Title</a>