Hyperlinks in HTML How to “throw an anchor”, or to create a hyperlink in raw HTML

When coding a hyperlink, you can: Link to a local document that you have authored Jump to a specific location within the same document Link to a remote server (these are the most common)

Link to a local document that you have authored: You can try out my hyperlink by clicking here Of course you would have to create an HTML file named local.htm to link to

Jump to a specific location within that same document: This is a handy technique for displaying more than a screen page, and allowing your user to navigate through that page to a spot of their own choosing (provided by you, the author!) Use <A NAME=”bookmark” && to mark location in the target document && This is your bookmark. Place it within the text where you wish to send the user. Now go inside the document a create the internal hyperlink: Click here to jump to spot1 Of course you might choose to use different words in your display, but you get the idea!