11. Creating Hyperlinks (The Anchor Tag <a>)
Hyperlinks (or links) are the 'HyperText' part of HTML, connecting documents together. The anchor tag, <a>, is used to create them.
11.1 Essential Attributes: href
The most important attribute for the anchor tag is href (Hypertext Reference), which specifies the destination URL.
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<p> Visit the official <a href="https://www.w3.org/">W3C website</a> for standards information. </p>11.2 Opening Links in a New Tab
To prevent the user from leaving your site when clicking an external link, use the target attribute set to _blank.
html <a href="https://google.com" target="_blank">Search Google (Opens in new tab)</a>
11.3 Email Links
Use mailto: in the href to prompt the user's email client to open, pre-addressed to the specified email.
html <a href="mailto:support@example.com">Contact Support</a>