The <A> tag is what makes Hypertext "hyper." With it, you can create clickable links between pages, as well as links to specific anchor points on any page. When creating links to other people's pages, include the full Internet address of each page in an <A HREF> tag. For links between your own pages, include just the filenames and enough directory information to get from one page to another.
(View HTML tags covered in Hour 3.)
Wonders of the World
(Figures 3.1 - 3.3)
Words between <A> and </A> tags will become links to the addresses given after HREF= in the <A> tag.
History Quiz
(Figures 3.4 - 3.7)
Because this page links to another page in the same directory, the filename can be used in place of a complete address.
Indigestible Ingestibles Research
When you write about a topic, you can include direct links to online references right in the text of your report.
Another pair of question-and-answer pages, just for fun.
"When you create a link from one page to another page on the same computer, it isn't necessary to specify a complete Internet address. If the two pages are in the same directory folder, you can simply use the name of the HTML file... Using just filenames instead of a complete Internet addresses saves you a lot of typing. And more importantly, the links between your pages will work properly no matter where the pages are located. You can test the links while the files are still right on your computer's hard drive. Then you can move them to a computer on the Internet, or to a CD-ROM or DVD disk, and all the links will still work correctly."
Literary Whodunnit