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Links:
Technically speaking, there are two types of links: one links to something directly on the same page, the other links to a completely different file (this file can be another HTML document in your site, an image, a different website, etc.).

An "anchored link" is a link on a page that links to elsewhere on the same page; this is commonly seen on FAQ pages where the question links downwards on the same page to the answer. To accomplish this, you'll first need to set an "anchor" somewhere on a page. Find some kind of text towards the bottom of your HTML document that you'd like to link to. Before that text, enter the following:

<A NAME="myanchor">

The "NAME" attribute of the <A> tag indicates that you're naming an anchor. Now, find some text near the beginning of the page that you wish to have link DOWN to where the anchor is. Your link should look something like this:

<A HREF="#myanchor">text that you wish to link down to anchor</A>

The "A HREF" attribute of the <A> tag opens the link, while the "#" tells the browser that the link is somewhere on the same page. The </A> closes the link.

To link to a different web page in the same folder as your current page, the link would look something like this:

<A HREF="otherpage.html">text that you wish to link</A>

To link to a completely different website, such as Google, the link would look something like this:

<A HREF="http://www.google.com">text that you wish to link</A>. If the HREF attribute does not have "http," the browser will look for the page in your site.

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