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How to Make Links In Web Crossing Messages
Population Discussion/Lab assignment
How to
make a
LINK in Web Crossing Messages
Web
Crossing
Acess
and Assignments
Follow these directions for including links to web pages in your Web Crossing messages.
This example makes a link to the Central Intelligence Agency
World
Factbook.
The web address is: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Here is the code for the link:
<A HREF="http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html">CIA Factbook</A>
1. <A HREF= begins the link code.
2. "http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html" is the URL or Uniform Resource Locator -the "address" of the target document, in this case the CIA Factbook Web Page. Note that the whole address is enclosed in quotation marks.
sometimes Web Crossing has trouble interpreting quotation marks copied from a word processing program. If your link does not work when you post your message, try this:
Edit your message in Web Crossing and delete and re-type the quotation marks in your link. Chances are this will fix your link.
You can avoid typos by copying the address from your browser "Address" window and then just paste it into the link you are building in your message.
3.>CIA Factbook</A> - The text between the angle brackets describes or names the website you are linking to. This text will become highlighted and underlined, indicating to the user that this is an active hyperlink and where it will go when clicked.
4. Finally, </A> marks the end of the link code.
When you get that bit of code added to the address and include text that you click on for the link, it looks like this when your message is posted:
If you want to take a short cut, just copy the code for the address above and paste it in your message. Then just replace the CIA address between the quotation marks with the address of the page you want to link and then change the decriptive text to match the web page you are linking.