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Adding, Using And Creating Hyperlinks on Your Website

posted by ADMIN // August 19, 2009 // Build Your Website

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You have the basics of your website up using the hosting company's basic tools, but you're still not sure how to embed links into text. The tools you're using might or might not do this, but you don't have enough information or knowledge to do it. It could also be that you can add the links, but they're a mile long and take up too much space.

Well, embedding links into text isn't as hard as the web designers make it out to be. A few simple html commands around the link, the text, and the ability to edit the site's code is all you need. Just pasting the commands and link on the main view of the website will present the same problems. They'll be long and take up a lot of space. So go into the edit code screen or menu when you have the cursor in the place you want to add the link.

First, you'll need to add the command <a href=" and add the physical link address. It'll either be an http://sitename, or http:/www.sitename.

Second, immediately follow the link by "> and add the text or name you want to add, and then </a>. For example: nonsense.com.index.html"> The World of Nonense </a>

The original <a lets the html program or viewer know that there's a link being added, and the </a> is the command to let it know that the link has ended. Without both present, all you'll see either a blank space, or a line of code.

The href indicates that there is a URL (address) being added, and anchors it into a link. Without the href the <a link command would try to link the url to itself within the document, or would send you to a "site not found" page in your browser.

With the above in mind, your link code should like something like:

<a href="http://www.thisarticle.com/articles/adding-links-to-your-website.html"> Adding Links to Your Website </a>

When you bring up the page the link was added to, all you'll see is:

Adding Links to Your Website

Now, if the editing program or site tools you’re using doesn’t allow you to add in code or embed links in text, it becomes quite a bit trickier. This usually happens when all you have is a text editor.

Look at the top of the editor’s screen for the toolbar menu. Check for a button that when you hover your mouse pointer over it says Insert Hyperlink. Copy the link into your clipboard by right clicking and dragging a box over the link. Put the mouse over the selected link, right click, and then click copy.

Next, right click and drag a box over the text you want to embed the link in. Then click the Insert Hyperlink button, and paste the link you copied to the box. Click the OK button, and the link should work. If it doesn’t, follow the same steps as above, but look for a selection box which allows you to choose what type of link it is. For web based addresses, you’ll usually choose the http: option, and then re-add the link you copied.

While these methods work with almost all websites, programs and editors, there may be more steps involved. Be sure to read the help sections on the website you’re using.

Now that you know how to add embedded links into text, the only thing left is to decide where you want to put them on the page.