Link to a Named Anchor

When you want to create an anchor link to a named anchor, use the following HTML:

<a href="#namedanchor">Text to act as hypertext</a>

The # symbol instructs your web browser to look through the HTML document for a named anchor. When you select or click on the hypertext, it brings the part of the document that contains the named anchor to the top of the screen.

  1. Now add anchor links to the named anchors your created in the previous page.

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  1. Next, add named anchors and corresponding anchor links to ALL the headings in your history.html document

Review Topics
How do you identify a named anchor?
What are the steps for creating a link to a different section within a document?
How do you modify an anchor link to connect to a named anchor in another HTML document?
How do you create a table of contents for a web page?
What is the difference in function between the tags <a href="...> and <a name="...> ?
Independent Practice
Create named anchors for the headings in your own web page and build an index that will link to these sub-sections.