The <A> Anchor Tag

The <A> or anchor tag creates a single hypertext link on your web page. The text between the opening and closing anchor tags will be underlined and rendered in a hilighted color. When this text is click on the browser will load the URL referenced by the HREF parameter given in the anchor tag. The parameter(s) for the anchor tag are listed below.

HREF="URL"
This parameter contains the URL which the browser loads upon clicking of the hypertext contained between the opening and closing anchor tags.

Some Examples...

HTML Code Result
<A HREF="http://home.netscape.com>Go to Netscape</A>" Go to Netscape
<A HREF="leader.htm">Take me to your leader</A> Take me to your leader