How to Attach a Link to a Website

Links are a vital part of any website. Hyperlinks guide users through your webpage. In fact, most users only read until they come to a relevant link and become frustrated when a link is hard to find. Fortunately, it is extremely easy to attach links to a website.

Things You'll Need

• HTML editor

Instructions

1. Open your website in your chosen web editor. You can attach a link in a professional web-design program, such as Microsoft Expressions or Adobe Dreamweaver, or you can simply use a text editor, such as Notepad or TextEdit.

2. Navigate through your code until you come to the location for the link. Enter the HTML code for your hyperlink at this location. The code to add links to websites is as follows: <a href="http://[HYPERLINK]"></a>. Replace [HYPERLINK] with the link location. For example, a link to Google would read <a href="http://www.google.com"></a>.

3. Insert text for what you want the link to read: <a href="http://[HYPERLINK]">[DISPLAYED LINK]</a>. Replace [DISPLAYED LINK] with the link text. For example, <a href="http://www.google.com">Search Google</a>.

4. Save the website and test it to make sure that the link is attached correctly. Save the document as an HTML file. Open the file in a web browser. Click on the hyperlink to make sure that it works. If it does not, review any errors in your code.

Tips & Warnings

• You can also attach a link to an image by changing the link text to the image source code.

References

• How to Add a Link

Resources

• Learn more web design instructions at W3School