How To Add Link In HTML

By: Regina Woodard

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Need to know how to add link in HTML? Anyone who works on their own website or does their own blog will at some time need to place links on the page to do so. This is a relatively easy process that can have many different applications, but overall helps increase traffic to, not only your site, but to other sites that you are affiliated with.

  1. The general way to place a link within an HTML document is to use the code <a href="http://www.link.com">Name of Link</a>. The "a href" is an anchor, used to place links and anchors within an HTML document, as well as defining the link you plan on using.
  2. Place the code and link where you would like them to show up.
  3. You'll usually want to do this on a 'links' page, one that displays all the links that are either affiliated or related to your own site. If you are speaking of an item or area that would benefit with the outside reference, placing it within the text is good too.
  4. The procedure is quite easy as only the application is to be considered. If you're doing a simple site within Microsoft Notepad then, again, you can place the text wherever you see fit. If you are using an HTML editor program, such as Dreamweaver 8 or Front Page, there are extra features within them in which you just need to highlight the text you would like to make a link and the program will automatically do it for you.
  5. Make sure you, of course, preview your website before going live to ensure that your links are working properly. You can always test this by clicking on the link and making sure they go to the page you want them to.

And that's it! There are more things that can be done, but with the basis of how to add links in HTML making your website should be a little easier.

Posted on: Apr. 01, 2010