Now, for linking to another page. You have the basic idea now, so this is easy:

<a name="specific-place">Click</a>
This is your TARGET link. You must choose which page it is on for the next code.

<a href="http://yourwebsite.com/target page/#specific-place">Click</a>
This is your POINTER link.

In this example, I used "specific-place" instead ofunique-identifier, only because it is to a different place on a different page. This is still your unique identifier and is completely your choice as an identifier and to reiterate, whatever you put between the angle brackets (><) is what you want to use as the anchor.

Say for example, I want to make a glossary. Start by deciding where you want your TARGET link, and what page it is on. You need to have a page so that you can get the URL for the POINTER link. You also need my "specific-place" or unique identifier for the links to communicate with one another, so to speak. I can also have multiple pointer links, but only one target link. Let's get with the example:

<a name="specific-place">Word</a>
(this is your TARGET link)

(and then have an explanation of Gigabyte next to it…) and it must be on page http://yourwebsite.com/target/

In this example I am going to show you what to do on three pages. Note how all are the same? It is because all these are is a pointer(s) to the target on that page specified.

<a href=" http://yourwebsite.com/target page/#specific-place">Word</a> From Page A
<a href=" http://yourwebsite.com/target page/#specific-place">Word</a> From Page B
<a href=" http://yourwebsite.com/target page/#specific-place">Word</a> From Page C etc.
(These are your POINTER links and they will all go to

<a name="specific-place">Word</a> on page http://yourwebsite.com/target/

The page you specified in the href= URL. Where you put this code on the page is where that link jump will take you.

Pretty simple huh?


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mama2karsten Premium
Thank You... very helpful
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Carson Premium Plus
This training is perfect Denise! There have been so many times that I've been asked how to use anchor links and how to place links within your content to point to other pages. This will help a ton of people.

Linking from within your content from page to page is something that Google and the other major search engines LOVE. This allows them to crawl your site and find content very easily. You will get a bump in SEO and overall website quality score if you add links on relevant phrases to other pages on your site. In other words "interlinking" your site is a great idea!

Thanks for this tutorial. -Carson
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kendrickk Premium
This is excellent material! It can be of use to me when I may need it , thanks.
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can you give a sample video? or pictures? sorry, im kinda slow when it comes to HTML..thanks:)
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Neil Little Premium
Excellent tutorial.
It took me a couple of years to understand links and linking.
Even now I still wouldn't say I was that confident with using and creating links.
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Denisara Premium
couldn't have finished this training without your aid. Thanks again Bigman
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Neil Little Premium
I didn't do anything you deserve the credit for this.
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