2.1 Hyperlinks

Question 1

What is the <a> tag used for?</a>

Answer 1

The <a> (anchor) tag creates a hyperlink that navigates to another page, section, or resource.</a>

Question 2

What does the href attribute in <a> specify?</a>

Answer 2

It defines the destination URL or file path for the hyperlink.

Question 3

What is an absolute path in a hyperlink?

Answer 3

A full URL including the domain name (e.g, https://example.com/page.html).

Question 4

What is a relative path in a hyperlink?

Answer 4

A path relative to the current file, e.g, about.html or ../folder/page.html.

Question 5

How do you link to an external website using HTML?

Answer 5

Use <a> Visit Site</a>.

Question 6

How do you link to another page within your own project?

Answer 6

Use a relative path, e.g, <a> Contact</a>.

Question 7

How do you link to a specific section within a page?

Answer 7

Use an ID selector, e.g, <a> GO the Section 2</a>.

Question 8

How do you define a section anchor target?

Answer 8

Add an id attribute to an element, e.g, <h2 id="section2">Section 2</h2>.

Question 9

How do you make a link open in a new tab?

Answer 9

Add target=”_blank” to the <a> tag.</a>

Question 10

What are some security best practices with target=”_blank”?

Answer 10

Add rel=”noopener noreferrer” to prevent security vulnerabilities.