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Technology at St. Justin Martyr Parish School is a very interactive course that all students in grades Kindergarten through 8th Grade enjoy.  We pride ourselves on adhering not only to diocesan standards and our Schoolwide Learning Expectations, but we also adhere to the standards set forth by the International Society for Technology in Education.

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8th Grade HTML Notes 9-21

Notes from 09/21 8th grade technology class

HTML Links

Links are found in nearly all Web pages. Links allow users to click their way from page to page.

HTML links
How to create links in an HTML document.

HTML Hyperlinks (Links)

A hyperlink (or link) is a word, group of words, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document.

When you move the cursor over a link in a Web page, the arrow will turn into a little hand.

Links are specified in HTML using the <a> tag.

The <a> tag can be used in two ways:

1. To create a link to another document, by using the href attribute

2. To create a bookmark inside a document, by using the name attribute

HTML Link Syntax

The HTML code for a link is simple. It looks like this:

The href attribute specifies the destination of a link.

Example

which will display like this: Visit Google

Clicking on this hyperlink will send the user to Google's homepage.

Tip: The "Link text" doesn't have to be text. It can be an image or any other HTML element.

HTML Links - The target Attribute

The target attribute specifies where to open the linked document.

The example below will open the linked document in a new browser window or a new tab:

HTML Links - The name Attribute

The name attribute specifies the name of an anchor.

The name attribute is used to create a bookmark inside an HTML document.

Note: The upcoming HTML5 standard suggest using the id attribute instead of the name attribute for specifying the name of an anchor. Using the id attribute actually works also for HTML4 in all modern browsers.

Bookmarks are not displayed in any special way. They are invisible to the reader.

Example

A named anchor inside an HTML document:

Create a link to the "Useful Tips Section" inside the same document:

Or, create a link to the "Useful Tips Section" from another page:

Basic Notes - Useful Tips

Note: Always add a trailing slash to subfolder references. If you link like this: href="http://www.w3schools.com/html", you will generate two requests to the server, the server will first add a slash to the address, and then create a new request like this: href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/".

Tip: Named anchors are often used to create "table of contents" at the beginning of a large document. Each chapter within the document is given a named anchor, and links to each of these anchors are put at the top of the document.