HTML Links
It consist of anchor element which is used to create a link between a source anchor and destination anchor. The anchor tag can be embedded between text, image, video or button.
HTML Links Syntax:
<a href="url">link text</a>
Example: <a href="https://www.tutorialandexample.com">Tutorial for Html</a>
Here, <a>: Anchor tag which add the link to any reference text, image etc.
href (hypertext reference): It specify the destination for the anchor tag.
- Local Links: It is specified with a relative URL. E.g. html_tutorials.php
- Global Links: It is an absolute URL (Full website address). E.g. www.tutorialandexample.com
HTML Link Colors
Color of the link is distributed into three category of type of links:
- Unvisited Link: Link is not visited even once i.e. first time color of a link.
- Visited Link: When Unvisited link reaches the destination i.e. color of a link changes if visited
- Active Link: Link color on click that shows link is working.
<html>
<head>
<style>
a:link { color: red; }
a:visited { color: yellow; }
a:active { color: blue; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href="html_tutorials.php" >HTML tutorials</a></body>
</html>
LINK USAGE
- Text as Link: <a href ="tutorialandexample.com/html">Html Tutorial</a>
Output:
Html Tutorial
- Image as Link: <a href ="tutorialandexample.com/html"> <img src="/image/logo.png" alt= "tutotrialandexample"></a>
Output:
- Email tag: <a href ="mailto: [email protected]"> Send Mail </a>
Output:
Send Mail