Hyperlinks within an HTML-page
This kind of hyperlinks is often referred to as "anchors". Anchors are used to move the focus quickly to another location within the same page. This method of linking is especially useful to provide guidance in pages with large amounts of text, that do not fit on the screen size of the monitor. The link appears in the browser as any other link: with coloured font and/or underlined. Click here to follow an anchor link. The HTML-code for this anchor looks like:

<a href="#anchorname">here</a>

whereas the destination of the link is coded as:

<a name="anchorname">This</a>

The "anchorname" (which can have any desired name) provides a unique identifier for the anchor-link.

Hyperlinks to other HTML-pages
The HTML-code for an hyperlink to another HTML-page is not very different from the code for an anchor:

<a href="http://www.lovely.nl/page1.html">
word from main text</a>

This code can be placed around any selected block of text or an image. An important remark is made here to distinguish between relative and absolute links. An absolute link defines the complete URL-address of the destination page. After moving the directory to another location, such a destination page will not be reachable again. With a relative definition (with respect to the location of the source page) the danger of "broken links" is less: