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Nicky Kadzombe
5,112 Pointsto set an href on a link.
how to set an href on a link
3 Answers
ayub ali
Courses Plus Student 723 Pointseasy and simple, just write the link's name between <a> tag oppening and closing </a> there should be writing the makes a name for your link, i hope it helps <a href="link">write here</a>
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 Points<a href="link">press me</a>
you looking for something like that?
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsYou just put "href", and equal-sign, and the value you want to set it to inside quotes. All of this is added to the opening tag of the link (the "<a>" tag).
<a href="http://your_url.com">
Ivan Bagaric
Courses Plus Student 12,356 PointsTrue that, but also need to close element
</a>
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsI'm assuming the complete link (with both open and closing tags) is already present, since the question is "how to set an href on a link".
So I intentionally focused solely on adding the href attribute and value to the opening tag.