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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications Review: Common HTML tags

Fernando Cristobal Gomez De La Cruz
Fernando Cristobal Gomez De La Cruz
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Fernando Cristobal Gomez De La Cruz
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What is the purpose of an href attribute on an anchor tag?

What is the purpose of an href attribute on an anchor tag?

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Marco Cooper
Marco Cooper
808 Points
Marco Cooper
Marco Cooper
808 Points

The href attribute specifies the URL of the page the link goes to and If the href attribute is not present, the <a> tag is not a hyperlink..

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