How to Use HTML Tags for Links

HTML is very easy to use; it was designed that way. You don't have to be a programmer to use it. If you can edit a text file, then you can write HTML (and if you can write email, you can edit a text file)

WARNING: eHOW does not allow the use of HTML tags with in the text of the article. Therefor steps 10 & 11 must be followed for the link to work.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Word processor
• Internet browser

1. Using the internet browser, open the web page you wish to link (e.g http://www.ehow.com/)

2. Open your HTML document in notepad that you wish to add the link to.

3. Find the word, phrase, or sentence you wish to link the webpage to
   
   (e.g. Click here for Great “How to articles…”)

4. Find the beginning of the word, phrase, or sentence you wish to link the webpage and insert $a href=“”>
   
   (e.g. $a href=“”Click here for Great “How to articles…”)

5. Copy the web address of the page you wish to link to and insert it between the “”
   
   (e.g. /a href=“ http://www.ehow.com/”Click here for Great “How to articles…”)

6. Insert a \ after the ” at the end of the link you just pasted
   
   (e.g. /a href=“http://www.ehow.com/”\Click here for Great “How to articles…”)

7. Copy the web address of the page you wish to link to and insert it between the “”
   
   (e.g. $a href=“ http://www.ehow.com/”Click here for Great “How to articles…”)

8. Insert a > after the ” at the end of the link you just pasted
   
   (e.g. $a href=“http://www.ehow.com/”>Click here for Great “How to articles…”)

9. Find the end of the word, phrase, or sentence you wish to link the webpage and insert </a#
   
   (e.g. $a href=“http://www.ehow.com/”>Click here for Great “How to articles…”</a#)

10. Replace all the $ with <

11. Replace all the # with >

12. Save the file. Now you have successfully linked the phrase “Click here for Great “How to articles…” to the webpage http://www.ehow.com/

Tips & Warnings

• To add link to an email message, ignore step 2 and insert the link directly in the text of the email
• Email link may not always work depending on the recipient's email setup.

[scanan76]

on 11/4/2008 This doesn't work when using in eHow articles.