How to Use HTML Tags for Links

HTML is the most basic language used on the internet. HTML can be incredibly advanced, or painfully simple. One of the first steps to learning HTML is to learn how to create a HTML tag for links.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Web Page Editing software (Microsoft Frontpage, Dream Weaver etc.)

1. Open a Web Page editing Software, (e.g. Microsoft Front page, Dream weaver etc.)
   
   
   * ehow doesnt allow HTML so Paste a < whereever a * is.

2. Go to the section which deals entirely with HTML or has a Split between HTML and Preview.
   
   
   * ehow doesnt allow HTML so Paste a < whereever a * is.

3. Here is the Code you will Paste into the HTML code between *body> and */body>. (where you place it in the text will direct where the link shows up on the page.)
   
   *a href="http://WEBSITE_TO_GO_TO.com/">
   THIS IS WHAT TEXT WILL BE SHOWN ON SITE*/a> is a link to a page on
   the World Wide Web.
   
   
   * ehow doesnt allow HTML so Paste a < whereever a * is.

4. Simply fill in the sections in the Html with the information that you need in the link. e.g.
   
   
   *a href="http://oceanicphotography.com/">
   Click Here to Go to Oceanic Photography*/a> Oceanic Photography is a Gallery of the best and most beautiful Photos of Hawaii.
   
   
   * ehow doesnt allow HTML so Paste a < whereever a * is.

5. After you edit the text your text seen by the viewer will look like this.
   
   Click Here to Go to Oceanic Photography Oceanic Photography is a Gallery of the best and most beautiful Photos of Hawaii.

6. That is your firs step onto becoming a HTML master.

Tips & Warnings

• Copy and Paste - Copy and Pasting is used most of the time in HTML editing due to many people not remembering exactly what text to type and where to put punctuation, etc. So Search HTML help sites and Copy and Paste their cool website gadgets and edit your Site specific info into their html.
• One letter or one punctuation mark will throw off an entire HTML document, don't rush, take your time and you will be rewarded.