Attributes

• Attributes describe additional characteristics of an HTML element
• An attribute has 2 parts: name & value.

<tagname name="value">content</tagname>

*Values should be contained inside quotation marks.

1. Element: Link

To make a link, you need 3 parts:

• <a></a> tag
• href attribute: web address where the link points
• content: text or images between the tags that become the clickable link.

<a href="<http://www.github.com>">Github</a>

Link Targets:

Optional target attribute tells the browser to open the link in a new tab.

<a href="home.html" target="_blank">Link Text</a>