Location in page:
<a name="section2"></a>
Link to location in page:
<a href="#section2">Section 2</a>
Link to another page in same directory:
<a href="another_page.html">Another Page</a>
Link to a page in parent directory:
<a href="../parent_page.html">...
Link to a page in sibling directory:
<a href="../sibling/sibling_page.html">...
Link to a page in child subdirectory:
<a href="child/child_page.html">...
Link to a page in cousin subdirectory:
<a href="../../aunt/cousin/cousin_page.html">...
Link to another website ("http://" required):
<a href="http://www.w3.org">...
Link to launch in another tab or window:
<a href=... target="_new">...
Link to launch in frame named "main":
<a href=... target="main">...

Note 1: all of above href's may be suffixed with "#location" for a specific named location:
<a href="../parent_page.html#section2">Section 2</a>

Note 2: use forward slashes ("/") as shown. The browser will reverse them on Windows.

Note 3:
Poor: for the standard <a href="http://www.w3.org">click here</a>
Good: the standard is at <a href="http://www.w3.org">www.w3.org</a>

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