Link within your website
This is the code you need if you are trying to link to a page that on your site.
<a href=”page2.html”>This is a link</a>
Example:This is a link to /newfangled_employee_blogs
Linking to an external site:
To make a link that that redirects to an external site, the href must begin with http://
<a href=”http://cnn.com” >Link to CNN</a>
Example:This is a link to an external site
Link that opens up in either a new window or new tab
This is the code you need to make a link open up in a new window or a new tab depending on what browser you are using.
<a href=”page2.html” target=”_blank”>This is a link that opens up in either a new window or new tab</a>
Example:This is a link that opens up in a new window / tab
How to make a link that opens up in a new window (popup).
To make a link open up in a new window (popup), here is the code.
<a target=”_blank” onclick=”window.open (‘page2.html’,’_blank’,’status=1,toolbar=0,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,left=20,top=50,width=90,height=90′);
return false;” href=”#”>Test Popup 3</a>
Example:
This is a popup link
Here is some of the optional stuff that one can specify for the new window by either specifying 0 or 1.
Please note: In programming,
0 means false
1 means true.
toolbar=0 | hide/show the toolbar |
status=1 | hide / show the status bar |
location=0 | hide/show the address/location bar |
menubar=1 | hide/show the menu bar |
resizable=0 | is the popup window resizeable |
left=200 | position the popup 200 pixels from the left |
top=250 | position the popup 250 pixels from the top |
width=300 | width of the popup |
height=400 | height of the popup |
If you are specifying more than one item, you must separate the items by a comma.