Free HTML Link Code Reference

     The <a></a> tags give us links. This is really the power of the internet. As you look at a page, you can simply click a link and instantly be transported millions of... oops, thousands of miles away.

HREF="URL"

The domain and filename of the page you are going to.

HREF="URL#anchor"

The domain, filename and anchor name of the location on a page you are going to.

HREF="MAILTO:email-name"

Links to an email address through your local email program.

NAME="anchor-name"

Set an anchor at the current location on a page.

TARGET="target-window-name"

Defines the window the link result will appear in. Options are _blank (a new blank window), _self (current link window), _parent (previous window), _top (full body of current window) or top (into a new blank window).

HREF="URL"

The page address can be either relative or absolute. If you are referencing a page within your domain, you may simply call it by directory and name. If the web page is outside your domain, then you need to include the page type (http, ftp, gopher, mailto etc) along with the domain and page name.

HREF="MAILTO:name@domain.com"

The MAILTO option can mail to a single person, or many, if separated by commas.

     The image map is a way to select different links from different places on a graphic. For example, if we had a map of the United States, we could have a different link for every state. Just click on the state and get the state link!
     Of course, the down side is a lot of time setting up some of these maps, as you will see. ;-)

NAME="NAME"

The NAME modifier defines the collection of AREA tags describing different parts of the image.

USEMAP="NAME"

The NAME is defined by the <MAP></MAP> tags and should match the graphic as well. See the <AREA> tag for more information.

     The <area> tag is only valid within the <map></map> tags. The area tag defines coordinates within a grapchic image to include a popup definition and even link to something. This tag does not use a closing tag.

SHAPE="shape"

The SHAPE modifier determines the possible shapes of the area you are defining. The options are: RECT, CIRCLE, POLY or DEFAULT.

ALT="alternate-text"

The alternate text is for those browsers without graphics (or the iconically challenged).

HREF="URL"

The HREF modifier is the URL or web page address of the destination you chose for this link.

COORDS="coordinates"

The coordinates depend on the information defined by the SHAPE modifier. A RECTANGLE starts in one corner, defines the X and Y coodinates, then moves to the next corner and the next until only the last corner is left, which becomes an assumption. A CIRCLE coordinates are the center X, Y then the radius. A POLY is a polygon and works much like the RECTANGLE but can have as many sides as you wish. The DEFAULT just includes everything else.

NOHREF

The NOHREF modifier does not include a link. Just the popup text.

TARGET="target-window-name"

Defines the window the link result will appear in. Options are _blank (a new blank window), _self (current link window), _parent (previous window), _top (full body of current window) or top (into a new blank window).