How to Paste a Link to a Web Page
Pasting a link into a Web page is mainly a matter of using your mouse and keyboard. Make your task much easier by understanding a bit about how Web pages talk to Internet browsers, too. Most Web developers have expensive software that helps them maneuver. If your not rich, you can use simple applications already installed on you're computer to paste a link into a Web page.
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Instructions
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Copy your link. You need to get a link from somewhere before you can paste it into your own. Go to the Web address bar located just above the Command bar after accessing the Internet. Right-click in the address bar and a drop-down menu will appear. Click "Copy" and prepare to open your Web page document as a text file.
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Right-click on your Web page icon and look for a drop-down menu. Click on "Open With," and then choose "Notepad." Wordpad will work just as well, too. Your Web page will appear as a text file. Remember, Web pages and text files are basically the same to a computer; they will just look different to you.
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Use angle brackets and tags. You can edit a Web page by using certain words and symbols. Angle brackets, which look like this: "<>," will appear all over your newly-opened text file. These brackets, in conjunction with words, are collectively known as "tags." Paste a link into a Web page by using an anchor and "h" reference around a Web address already obtained. The first is written as "a," then the other as: "href."
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Place an equals sign right after href; put an open and closed quote right after that. Surround these words with open and closed (or "end") angle brackets. Type a forward slash just before the end bracket. Each word or letter symbol needs its own open and closed bracket. It should all look like this: "<a href="http://www.yourWebaddressgoeshere"></a>."
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Place your ready-made tag into the body of the text file. You will see tags like "<html>" and "<script>," as well as many others. Be careful as it is easy to get lost in the proverbial maze of seemingly garbled words. Ignore all other tags and look for this: "<body></body>." Remember these two items will not appear together. Paste your link in between them. Also know that you have to write in whatever you want your link to be called. These words do not need tags, but need to appear right before the end of the anchor or "a." Your information should appear like this: "<a href="http://www.yourWebaddressgoeshere">This type will appear on the Web page. The tags will not.</a>." Go to "File," and then click "Exit." The computer will then ask if you want to save your work. Click "Yes."
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Tips & Warnings
Make to test your link once you've pasted it into a Web page. Check on the link regularly to ensure it stays valid.
Consider a table or image link. Multiple links are often hard to align individually.
Watch for broken tags.
