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HTML5 allows the creation of two types of linking, which are:
• Internal linking: These links connect one page of a website to another page on the same
site. For example, if you’re reading a blog post about healthy recipes and there's a link
to another post on the same website about meal planning, that’s an internal link.
• External linking: These links connect a page on one website to a page on a different
website. For example, if the same blog post about healthy recipes includes a link to a
Prime (Ver. 2.2)-VIII Anchor Tag
well-known nutrition site for more information on dietary guidelines, that’s an external
link.
The Anchor tag is used for creating hyperlinks in HTML web pages. It is a container tag
and is used as <A> Hyperlink Text </A>. Hyperlink Text is a text or an image.
The <A> tag has the following attributes:
62 • HREF: This attribute stands for Hypertext Reference. It specifies the URL of the web
page which we want to link when creating external linking.
• TARGET: This attribute is used to specify, where the linked web page will open. It can
take any of the following four values:
♦ _blank: Opens the linked web page in a new window or tab of the web browser.
♦ _parent: Opens the linked web page in a parent window or tab of the web browser.
♦ _self: Opens the linked web page in the current window or tab.
♦ _top: Opens the linked web page in the topmost window among all windows.
External web pages can be linked using the HREF
attribute of the anchor tag. The HREF attribute
takes the URL of the web page in double quotes.
The syntax to create a hyperlink is:
<A HREF = "URL of Web Page" TARGET="_
blank"> Link Text </A>
For example:
<A HREF = "About.html" target="_blank">
Output
About Us </A>
The preceding code creates a link with the text "About Us". When we click on the "About
Us" link, the "About.html" web page will open in a blank tab or window.
First page of a website, also known as the Home page, contains various links to other web
pages. Let us take an example of a website of the ABC Public School on which we are using
external linking. The Home page of the website is as shown:
The Home page contains six hyperlinks: Admissions, Events, Sports, Activities, About Us
and Contact Us, which are created by using the <A> tag.

