Internal Links

As well as linking to external files, you can link to specific points within the current page. All you do is mark the points and add the links - like this...

Internal links are best used on pages with lots of information. You may well have seen it on a FAQ page, where the questions link to their answers. Decide where you want to link to, and add the following to the code:

<A NAME="point1"></A>

Yet again it's the A tag we're using, but no HREF this time. The NAME attribute lets you name this point - something more descriptive than point1 would be useful though. This is how we'll be referring to this point later.

You still need a closing A tag, but you don't necessarily need to put a description in. Sometimes you'll want to, sometimes you won't - it doesn't matter, since this A tag does not change the appearance of the text at all.

Linking to your Markers

Now you've added your marker(s), you just need to link to them. It's A again, this time with HREF and the name of the marker (preceeded by a #) as the path:

<A HREF="#point1">Click here to jump to point 1</A>

Click here to jump to point 1

This is a doddle, isn't it?

Linking from other Files

You can also link to these markers from external files - i.e. link to a specific point in another document. Set up the markers and link to the file as usual - just add a # and the marker name to the path:

<A HREF="../myfile.html#point1">Click here to jump to point 1 in myfile.html</A>

Click here to jump to point 1 in myfile.html

Take Care!

Whenever you create links (internal or external) the spelling and case of the path must be exactly correct - a computer does not recognise "nearly right" paths - it's right or it's not. The most common cause of problems with links is in their spelling, so check all your links as you make them.