1. External - External links allow you to navigate from one Web page to another. The tag includes the URL (uniform resource locator) for the destination page.

   
   If the Web page you want to link to is on another Web site. You will need to include an absolute URL.

   • Absolute Links:

     <a href="http://www.library.cornell.edu">Cornell University Library</a> (links to a default "home page" for a Web site)

     <a href="http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/">Olin & Uris Libraries</a> (links to a specific page contained within a Web site)

   
   
   If the Web page you want to link to is on the same Web site you can use a relative URL.
   

   • Relative Links:

     http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/yournetid/
     
     http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/yournetid/page2.html
     
     <a href="page2.html">My Web Site Page 2</a> (links to a page on the same Web site)
     

2. Internal - Internal links are used to navigate to different sections on the same Web page. They are often used in tables of contents for longer Web pages. An internal link contains two parts:
   • Internal Link:

     <a href="#linkname">...</a>

   • Internal Target:

     <a name="linkname">...</a>
     
     Example:
     
     <a href="#top">Go to top</a>
     
     Go to top
     
     

3. mailto - Mailto links allow you to specify an e-mail address in the link. When the link is clicked a mail program is started on the user's personal computer and a new message, addressed to the specified e-mail, is ready to be sent. Note: an e-mail program will not open on our public lab computers.

   Please send your comments to: <a href="mailto:xyz22@cornell.edu">Mr. E. Cornell</a>
   
   Please send your comments to: Mr. E. Cornell

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Last updated 5 April 2006 [MOE] Olin and Uris Libraries Tony Cosgrave URL: http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/ws/html/links.html