Data Pit Stop Help

Welcome to the links help section. This page will give you an overview, as well as examples, on how to use links.

Quick Jump

Create A Hyperlink <A HREF=URL> Mailto Links <A HREF=MAILTO:ADDRESS> Anchored Links

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Create A Hyperlink <A HREF=URL>

Description

Creates a hyperlink.

Syntax:

<A HREF="http://www.google.com">Please go to google.</A>

Result:

Please go to google.

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Mailto Links <A HREF=MAILTO:ADDRESS>

Description

Creates a mailto link.

Syntax

<A HREF="mailto:suggestions@nxco.com">Please e-mail me.</A>

Result

Please e-mail me.

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Anchored Links

Description

Anchor links enable you to tag certain parts of the page, then link to them within that page. This page uses anchors. This is most useful if you have a large web page with lots of information. By using "anchors", you can create an index at the top of your web page, then link to the data for each corresponding section. This can make your web site easier to navigate. You use 2 tags to create an anchor. One for the data and the other for the link to the data.

Syntax:

<A HREF="#section1">Paragraph 1</A>
<A HREF="#section2">Paragraph 2</A>

These create the "index". These are the links you click on to go to the specific part of the page.

<A NAME="section1">This is paragraph 1. There would normally be much more data here.</A>

<A NAME="section2">This is paragraph 1. There would normally be much more data here.</A>

These are the paragraphs you are linking to. When someone click on the anchor, they will be taken to one of these.

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