Links

Question 1

what is a link?

Answer 1

a connection between two or more webpages

Question 2

what can we use links for?

Answer 2

links can be used to navigate between webpages/

navigate to different websites/ open a new browser window depending on what is specified

Question 3

what element is used to create a link i HTML?

Answer 3

(a) (/a)

Question 4

what attribute is required to make a link redirect the user to the specified location?

Answer 4

href = “location”

Question 5

create a link that redirects the user to google

Answer 5

(a href=”https://www.goodle.com”) google (/a)

Question 6

what is an absolute URL?

Answer 6

the full web address of a website which includes: the domain name

Question 7

what is a relative URL?

Answer 7

part of the web address for a site- like using shorthand.

Question 8

when do we use absolute URL’s in links?

Answer 8

when we want to link to an external website for example linking a personal portfolio to google

Question 9

when do we use relative URL’s in links?

Answer 9

when we want to link to a web page within the same website. if all of the webpages are stored within the same folder then the href can be changed to the file name

Question 10

give examples of relative link types

Answer 10

same folder/child folder/ grandchild folder

href = “reviews.html”/ href = “music/listings.html/ href = “movies/dvd/reviews.html”

Question 11

what is an email link?

Answer 11

an email link is a link that once clicked opens the users default email client and has the recipients email auto filled to the specified email address. great for contact pages

Question 12

how can we create an email link using html?

Answer 12

href = “mailto:emailaddress@gmail.com”

Question 13

what is mailto value in a href attribute?

Answer 13

the mailto value is used at the start of a href value and is followed by the recipients email address. it is used as part of an email link

Question 14

how do we use a link to open a new browser window?

Answer 14

we use the attribute target and give it a value of “_blank”

Question 15

give an example of a link that opens a new browser window

Answer 15

(a href=”google.com”) open google in new window (/a)

Question 16

how do we link to a specific part of the same webpage?

Answer 16

the specific parts of the webpage you want to link to need to be given an attribute of id and given a value.

we can use the value of the id entered in the href with an # to link to a specific part of that webpage

Question 17

give an example of linking to a specific part of a webpage

Answer 17

(div id = “main”) (/div)

a href=”#main”) click to go to the main section(/a