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Summary of HTML Tags Used in the Tutorial

<a href="file.html">
hypertext</a>
Local Hypertext Link
Link to another document in the same folder/directory.
Lesson 8a
<a href="data/file.html">
hypertext</a>
Local Hypertext Link
Link to another document in a folder/directory named "data" that is inside the directory containing the calling HTML document
Lesson 8a
<a href="../file.html">
hypertext</a>
Local Hypertext Link
Link to another document in a folder/directory that is one level higher relative to the calling HTML document
Lesson 8a
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
Address for Internet resources
Lesson 8b
<a href="URL">
hypertext</a>
Internet HyperText Link
Link to another Internet Site, specified by URL
Lesson 8c
<a name="xyz">...</a>
Named Anchor
Marks a section of text within a document with name "xyz"
Lesson 8d
<a href="file.html#xyz">
hypertext</a>
Link to Named Anchor
Jump to a named anchor within the same or another document
Lesson 8d
<a href="url">
<img src="file.gif"
border=0></a>
Internet HyperGraphic Link
Inline image acts as hyperlink to site specified by URL. Including the border=0 attribute will suppress the display of a bounding box around the image
Lesson 8e
Lesson 22
<a href="mailto:
doe@xyz.edu">... </a>
Internet Mail Link
Sets up email message to specified address. See the lesson for other options to use multiple addresses, cc: addresses, and default subject lines.
Lesson 12
<img src="image.gif" 
usemap="#map_name">

<map name="map_name">
<area shape="rect"
   coords="x1,y1,x2,y2" 
   HREF=URL>
<area shape="rect" 
   coords="x1,y1,x2,y2" 
   HREF=URL>
</map>
Client-Side Image Map
Clickable image map interpreted by browser. <map>...</map> can occur anywhere in this or another HTML file. Coordinates are top left and lower right corners of rectangular shaped region
Lesson 23
<a href="abc.html"
target="window_name"
</a>

<base
target="window_name"
</a>
Open Link in a New Window
Opens the link in a browser window specified by window_name Special values include _blank for forcing open to a new window and _self for the same window. The <BASE...> tag makes the target effective for all links that follow it in the HTML code.
Lesson 25

Writing HTML Summary of HTML Tags: Hyper-Links
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