An internal hyperlink is refer as a navigation method in a document to another document that may be on or part of the same website.
Ex. By clicking here it will redirect you to the home page of this Website
Code use: begins with the symbol less than "<" with letter "a" (without quotations marks or space) next to follow by: a herf="file name and location". (file name and location must have quotations marks) after that place the closing greater than symbol ">" (without quotations marks) then put desire text that want to be display, and finally close the link by adding the symbol less than "<" (without quotations marks), a forward slash "/" (without quotations marks or space), and the closing greater than symbol ">" (without quotations marks)
Files hosted on another server or website that are incorporated or/and add from one site to another are called external Links.
Ex. Click here to go to http://www.bhc.edu (Black Hawk College Website)
Code use: begins with the symbol less than "<" with letter "a" (without quotations marks or space) next to follow by: a herf="type the web site that want to be refer or link". (file name and location must have quotations marks) after that place the closing greater than symbol ">" (without quotations marks) then put desire text that want to be display, and finally close the link by adding the symbol less than "<" (without quotations marks), a forward slash "/" (withoutquotations marks or space), and the closing greater than symbol ">" (without quotations marks)
Jump Link has alternate names such as anchor, bookmark which are refer as link to a specific place on a table of content.The process is similar when using bookmarks.
Jump links or menu links allow users to move up and/or down on a webpage screen to a specific point on the same page. Jump links include two parts: the "id" element, which is the destination or target, and the "#" element that act as source or link.
Ex.
go to the internal links title
go to the external links title
The following order list contains HTML external links to Websites that provides HTLM tutorial, example codes, and more:
External files use absolute URLs containing a path that describe the protocol (ftp), the domian name (whatever.com), and the file path ( /books/one)
Internals links use relative URLs, which only contain the path for the location where the files are store. (../source-file.html)
In order to get a well develop website a nice and neat link text is important. Here are some tips on what a good links needs:
Text link must be ovious by placing at the end of a sentence, and make available for peoplewho hava a visual impairments.
Avoid using "click here" or add meaningless text or links on it.
Links are use to improve mobility and flexibility on the reader site. Therefore, it is important to keep it, working at all time, and to check if any chages make will affect the links from working properly.
Page Modified by: Christian Lopez, November 2, 2009
