MMDT1021 Chapter 6 Notes - page 3
Creating other kinds of links
Link to any file (documents, movies, pictures, programs, sounds, etc.). Usually the browser will open a window inquiring if the file should be downloaded or executed. |
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<a href="http://cst1620b.ridgewater.net/ |
Pythagorean Triples |
<a href="http://ridgewater.net/resume/ |
Resume PDF |
You can also link to a directory/folder so they can be browsed. Of course this will only work if the directory to be browsed does not have the default index.htm, index.html, index.asp, or default.htm file contained within it. |
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<a href="http://cst2856.ridgewater.net/ |
ScanCode Directory |
Link to an FTP site. |
Code | Result |
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<a href= "ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/">Microsoft FTP
site</a> |
Microsoft FTP site |
Link to a newsgroup. (Works only if you have a newsgroup reader set up) |
Code | Result |
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<a href="news://msnews.microsoft.com/
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general">Microsoft XP general questions</a> |
Microsoft XP general questions |
Send email through your default email client such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Thunderbird, etc. (Works only if you have an email client set up) |
Code | Result |
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<a href="mailto:allen.benusa@ridgewater |
Allen Benusa |
Telnet Places to telnet. (Does not work with the newest browsers) |
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<a href="telnet://locis.loc.gov">Library of
Congress</a> |
Library of Congress |
Creating Keyboard Shortcuts for Links
This is
an HTML 4.0 feature that is supported in the newer browsers. Internet Explorer requires Alt-key and then Enter. Firfox requires Shift-Alt-key. Chrome on OS X requires Control-Option-key. |
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The Menu below is set up with Keyboard Shortcuts: Try 1, 2, 4, 5, L, H, N, S, or F (While holding down the Alt key). | Source |
Setting the Tab Order for Links
This is an HTML 4.0 feature that is supported in the newer browsers. Using the tab key to move through fields is a well known way to move through links and fields in a web page. Alt-tab allows you to reverse. |
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The Menu below is set up with a demonstration Tab Order. Try using the Tab key to navigate the links. Note the reverse order on the second menu line. | Source |
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