LINKS

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  • Links or hyperlinks are at the core of importance in HTML.
  • enable the use to jump to another page
  • two types of links, the header links and the anchor links.
  • Header Links use <link > element within the <head> element, while Anchor Links use <a> element within the <body> clement
  • Needs an href attributes that handles the URL or address of the web document, which cannot be seen in the website.
  • text inside the anchor element will become clickable.
  • href - defines the web address or location of the HTML file with its name
  • title - contains a short descriptive text related to the links (authors, subject, description, etc). It hoversthe tool tip if the mouse, is pointing to the link.
  • id- stands for link identifier. It must be unique because two elements within the same page cannot havethe same identifiers.
  • class- used for assigning identifiers. But unlike the id, it can have multiple elements with the same class name.
  • target attribute signifies the target of the browsing content.
  • _blank - used for opening a webpage on a new window or tab
  • _self-opening the document inside the frame as the current one
  • _parent- pening the web document in the parent frameset of the current frame. It will become _self if there's no parent available
  • _top - opening the web document in full window without other frame
  • <frame>- opening the web document in the named or specific frame.
  • Link or anchor has the abbreviation of its elements <a>
  • links or anchors - composed of one or more words and it can be an image that is clickable for jumping into another web document or a specific part of the current document.
  • <a> element is followed by its attributes, like href that stands for the reference of hypertext and its value defines the address where we are jumping in.
  • Style Attribute: we need it in converting a button into a link in HTML
  • Class Attribute: serve as the identifier that in <a> element it contains the properties from <style> clement.
  • Button Value: classified value as the property holder of the CSS style.
  • LINKS BOOKMARK: allows the readers to jump at specific parts of the web page.
  • Bookmarking will be very helpful if the web design is very long.
  • We need to make bookmark followed by link of it.
  • If the link is dicked by the users, the page will go where the bookmark is.
  • Linking Documents: done with two/more links on each document's page, depending on the web design
  • Link syntax: Composed of <a element and attributes such as href that signifies the location of the web page.
  • Link Color: customizable using the CSS styles for the web developer's choice of colors
  • Colors of the link must depend on the background color of the website.
  • Links on a web page must be in contrast with background color especially if it has designs.
  • Images can be used as links. It makes a website more interesting and attractive to visit.
  • It is possible to make a plain text function as a button with a link using some CSS styles.
  • Links bookmark used for long web contents to help the readers revisit site contents or find what they arelooking for
  • Border: 0 is added in the image as link to prevent Internet Explorer (and earlier versions) from displaying border around the image when the image is link.
  • If your webpage is locked in a frame you can use target="top" to break out of the frame.
  • Newer designs of the web page are not too long, unless the website needs to have a very long content. Bookmarking,is very useful in this case
  • Links that appear in all browsers have defaults
  • UNVISITED LINKS: always underlined and color blue
  • VISITED LINKS: becomes purple but is still underlined