How to Make a Hyperlink With the Anchor Tag

The HTML <A> tag, which creates a link in a Web page, email or other HTML-enabled content, is known as the anchor tag. You can turn a word, phrase or even an image into a hyperlink using the anchor tag. Hyperlinks take two forms: relative hyperlinks, which reference a link relative to the page on which you click the link, and absolute hyperlinks, which link to an exact URL.

Instructions

1. Go to or open the Web page or file in which you want to create a link, such as a MySpace profile, a WordPress blog post in "edit" mode or an HTML file on your computer opened in a text editor.

2. Type the following code where you want an absolute link to appear:

   <A HREF="http://URL.com/index.html">Link Text</A>

   Replace "URL.com/index.html" with the exact Web address you want the hyperlink to load. Replace "Link Text" with whatever text you want to appear as a hyperlink, such as "Click Here."

3. Type the following code where you want a relative link to appear:

   <A HREF="/blog">Link Text</A>

   Replace "blog" with the folder or file path to which you want to hyperlink, relative to the main domain name. Starting the link with the "/" sign goes to the top-level of the domain on which you save the hyperlink. For example, the code <A HREF="/tom">View Tom's Profile</A> on any page on myspace.com would load myspace.com/tom. If you used that same code on wordpress.com, it would load wordpress.com/tom.