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Tips "How To Make Hyperlinks"
It is very much appreciated when a web site links to us. To link to daycarealert.com it means you have a web site. Rather than assume everyone knows how to write html (someone may have coded the site for you) this page provides some basic tips. Below each example is the necessary code to make the hyperlink work. The code is designed to work in any page on any site. The code closes all formatting options they set (if they do) and will use the colors from the page where they are placed.
A hyperlink can be text, button or banner. Choose from one of the samples. The HTML code is below the sample.
If the code is placed directly on the page:
<a href="http://www.sitename.ext/">Site or Page Name</a>
Open your webpage in a text or html editor and decide where the link will be placed. Then swipe (or block) the lines of code from the "link to us" page, use the copy command, "copy" and "paste" into your webpage.
When link code is plced in a FORM box (not a bordered table) you have an option.
Placing the cursor inside the upper left edge (before the text) of the form box and using the "Select All" command will capture all the code. Then use the copy command, "copy" and "paste" into your webpage.
If using a link with graphic you must copy & save the image to your own server.
| How Do I Read All The Parts Of The Code? |
Text Link
<a href="http://www.site.ext/">Site Name</a>
A text link is very simple; "< >" HTML instructions ALWAYS inside brackets
HTML instructions for "Go To This URL"; a href= " DNS Info between " quotes
In HTML " Attributes go between " the quote marks
The URL; http://www.sitename.ext/ loads the index.htm(l) page at site
Then just text; Site Name This text is the clickable area
Last; the " / " symbol tells the browser that the instruction " a " is complete.
Graphic Link "+"
Same site, different page, opened in a NEW browser window.
<a href="http://www.site.ext/page.ext" target="_top"><img src="pic.jpg" border="0" width="90" height="60" alt="description"></a>
This Link contains 3 new parts; goes to specific internal page, opens in a new window and is done using a graphic as the clickable hyperlink.
<a href="http://www.sitename.ext/pagename.ext" target="_blank">
Added to link is; pagename.ext goes deeper into the site than the index pageDon't lose surfer to new site; "open" new window target="_top" or _blank or _new
Now for the graphic (clickable) part of the code.
<img src="graphic-filename.ext" border="0" width="graphic-width" height="graphic-height" alt="graphic's description or comment"></a>
The graphic code has a few more options: Here are some of the basics;
"< >" HTML instructions ALWAYS inside brackets
HTML instructions for "Use this image"; img src= " graphic's file name & ext "
In HTML " Attributes go between " the quote marks
border="0" No border around graphic - number value is width in pixels
height="60" & width="90" Indicates acutal displayed image size Don't use to resize the graphic image - do it (the resizing) in an image editing program
alt="description" Some search engines read these .... mostly FYI for the surfers
Now the whole graphic is the clickable area
Last; the " / " symbol tells the browser that the instruction " a " is complete.
Once chosen (text or graphic style) and inserted into a web page the file(s) can now be uploaded to your server with an FTP program or the HTML editing program's built in method.
| How to Save the graphics tips. |
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Day Care Alert Links Code Tips last updated: 04/08/02 rl
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