Creating Hyperlink in HTML

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Hyperlinks :

Hyperlink refers to the text that is linked to other web page. Hyperlink may provide link to any resource on the web including HTML page, an image, a sound file, a movie, etc.

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<a> :

To create hyperlinks <a> is used.
The value of href attribute should be the URL where the linked page is located.
For eg.,

Output :

When this code is executed the text between <a> & </a>(Blogging Hacks) becomes a hyperlink & when user clicks on its, he gets desired web page.
<a> tag can be used with name attribute to mark specific hyperlink.
It has the following attributes:

Attributes	Description	Value
href :	URL of the page where the desired page is located.	URL
name :	This attribute is used for linking within the same page.	link_name
target:	Value for this attribute can be name of the frame where web page will open after click or values can be of the following type: _blank - the target URL will open in a new window , _self - the target URL will open in the same frame as it was clicked, _parent - the target URL will open in the parent frameset, _top - the target URL will open in the full body of the window.	framename, _blank, _parent, _self, _top
shape :	Specifies the shape of a link	default, rect, circle, poly
coords :	Specifies the coordinates of a link	coordinates

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Linking within same page :

See the following eg. that jumps over the above link we have created. Just click following Link.

Output :

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