Html Linking to Internal and External Pages

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HTML Linking: Internal vs External

The anchor tag <a> in HTML enables hyperlink creation. Links can point to:

 

  • External pages (on other websites)
  • Internal pages (within your own site/project folder)

What is External Links?

This type of link directs users to another website or domain.

 

<a href="https://www.wikipedia.org" target="_blank">Visit Wikipedia</a>
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  • href: Full URL of the site
  • target="_blank": Opens in a new tab

What is Internal Links?

Internal website links direct users to different sections of the same webpage or to separate HTML pages within the website.

 

<a href="about.html">About Us</a>
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  • Always use full URLs for external links
  • Maintaining a tidy internal file structure will allow you to create links more efficiently.
  • Use relative path formats like about.html or ../folder/page.html instead of absolute paths for internal site links.
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