Something which is most necessary to be added to the Wiki is an HTML Tag Reference. To this end, I have decided to start a series going through the tags from A-Z. Within a few days of each post I will then update the Wiki with the new information. Today I will start with the Anchor Tag.

The Anchor Tag

a – The Anchor tag, which is most commonly associated with hyperlinks.

 

• charset – This attribute specifies the character encoding of the target URL.
  Values:
  • See the IANA Character Sets for these values.

 

• coords – This attribute specifies the coordinates that define a linked region in an image map.
  Values:
  • If the image map is a circle – Enter three coordinates: center-x-axis,center-y-axis,radius
  • If the image map is a polygon – Enter the X/Y coordinates of each corner: x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3,x4,y4…
  • If the image map is a rectangle – Enter the X/Y coordinates of each of the four corners: left(x1),top(y1),right(x2),bottom(y2)

 

• href – This attribute specifies the target URL.
  Values:
  • Absolute URLs – Example: webmastersedge.net – Navigates to a new site.
  • Anchor URLs – Example: index.html – Navigates to another page.
  • Relative URLs – Example: #top – Navigates to an anchor within the page.

 

• hreflang – This attribute specifies the target URL’s written language with a two letter language code.
  Values:
  • See the IANA Language Subtag Registry Search for these values.

 

• name – This attribute names an anchor. While this is widely being replaced with the id attribute, it can be used to set an anchor point which can specify a spot on the page to be “jumped to” by using another hyperlink.
  Values:
  • Can have any value that starts with a letter and only contains: a-z , A-Z , 0-9 , colons , hyphens , periods , underscores

 

• rel – This attribute specifies the relationship between the current document and the target URL.
  Values:
  • alternate – Suggests that the target URL is an alternate version or mirror of the current page.
  • appendix – Suggests that the target URL is an appendix.
  • bookmark – Suggests that the target URL is a related page.
  • chapter – Suggests that the target URL is a chapter of a series of pages.
  • contents – Suggests that the target URL is a table of contents for the current page.
  • copyright – Suggests that the target URL is a page containing copyright information.
  • glossary – Suggests that the target URL is a glossary of terms used in the current page.
  • help – Suggests that the target URL is a help document.
  • index – Suggests that the target URL is an index of the current page.
  • next – Suggests that the target URL is the next page in the current series.
  • prev – Suggests that the target URL is the previous page in the current series.
  • section – Suggests that the target URL is a section of a series of pages.
  • start – Suggests that the target URL is the first page in a series.
  • stylesheet – Suggests that the target URL is an external stylesheet for the current page.
  • subsection – Suggests that the target URL is a subsection of the current series.

 

• rev – This attribute specifies the relationship between the current document and the target URL.
  Values:
  • alternate – Suggests that the target URL is an alternate version or mirror of the current page.
  • appendix – Suggests that the target URL is an appendix.
  • bookmark – Suggests that the target URL is a related page.
  • chapter – Suggests that the target URL is a chapter of a series of pages.
  • contents – Suggests that the target URL is a table of contents for the current page.
  • copyright – Suggests that the target URL is a page containing copyright information.
  • glossary – Suggests that the target URL is a glossary of terms used in the current page.
  • help – Suggests that the target URL is a help document.
  • index – Suggests that the target URL is an index of the current page.
  • next – Suggests that the target URL is the next page in the current series.
  • prev – Suggests that the target URL is the previous page in the current series.
  • section – Suggests that the target URL is a section of a series of pages.
  • start – Suggests that the target URL is the first page in a series.
  • stylesheet – Suggests that the target URL is an external stylesheet for the current page.
  • subsection – Suggests that the target URL is a subsection of the current series.

 

• shape – This attribute defines the shape of an image map.
  Values:
  • circ – Defines a circular region of an image map.
  • circle – Defines a circular region of an image map.
  • default – Defines the entire area an image map.
  • poly – Defines a polygonal region of an image map.
  • polygon – Defines a polygonal region of an image map.
  • rect – Defines a rectangular region of an image map.
  • rectangle – Defines a rectangular region of an image map.

 

• target – This attribute specifies where to open the target URL.
  Values:
  • _blank – Sets the target URL to open in a new window.
  • _parent – Sets the target URL to open in the parent frameset.
  • _self – Sets the target URL to open in the same frame as the link.
  • _top – Sets the target URL to open in current window.
  • wildcard – You can enter the name of a frame in order for the URL to open in that specified frame.

 

• type – This attribute specifies the MIME type of the target URL.
  Values:
  • See the IANA Registered MIME Types for these values.

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