Tag of the Week - The a Tag
Welcome to our first TOTW, the a tag. I started with the a tag because I believe it to be one of the most, if not the most, important tags to know. This is because it defines hyperlinks, or links to other pages/content.
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LINKS:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp
Overview:
the a tag defines a hyperlink, used to link from one page to another most important part is the href attribute which designates the destination of the link
does have an opening and closing tag and the text in between is what becomes the visible link
supported by all browsers
by default the link will appear
blue and underlined for not visited
purple and underlined for visited
red if active
the linked page is normally displayed in the current browser window unless a different target is specified
You can use CSS to style links however you want
Different from HTML4.01 to HTML5, in HTML4.01 it could be a hyperlink or anchor but in HTML5 the a tag is always a hyperlink, but if no href it is only a placeholder for a hyperlink.
for a list of attributes go to (website)
the a tag supports global attributes and event attributes
default CSS
a:link, a:visited {
color: (internal value);
text-decoration: underline;
cursor: auto;
}
a:link:active, a:visited:active {
color: (internal value);
}