HTML CSS Reference/HTML Attributes Reference/href
"href" Example
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<HTML>
<head><Title>Example For href</Title></head>
<BODY>
<a href="#jumpto">Scroll down to the bottom paragraph</a>
This is the last paragraph on the page
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href is applied to
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+----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Applied_To |<a> <area> | | |<base> <link> (not NN4) | +----------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
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href Possible Values
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Possible Values URL Specifies the location of the requested file.
- name Specifies the target anchor "#name".
Filename Specifies the name of a file in a network or local hard drive. Other protocols You can use any of the following protocols in your href value:
afs:// AFS file access.
cid:// Content identifiers for MIME body part.
file:// Specifies the address of a file from the locally accessible drive.
ftp:// Uses Internet File Transfer Protocol (FTP) to retrieve a file.
http:// The most commonly used access method.
https:// Provide some level of security of transmission
mailto:// Opens an email program.
mid:// The message identifier for email.
news:// Usenet newsgroup.
x-exec:// Executable program.
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"href" Syntax and Note
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Note:
The href attribute sets URL or anchor point of the <a>, <area>, <base>, and <link> elements.
Syntax:
<element href="value"> . . . </element>
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