HTML 8 – Comments and anchor element in HTML

Comments and anchor element

Comments

<!-- This is a comment -->
<p>This is some text</p>

<!--
<p>This is another text</p>
-->

Comments are important, they help improve the readability of the code
You can use them leave notes about your code
You can also use them to temporarily disable parts of the code

<a href="https://www.google.com>Click here to visit Google</a>
<a href="7.html">Lesson 7</a>
<a href="7.html" target="_blank">Lesson in a new tab/window</a>
<a title="Send email to me" href="mailto:me@example.com">Send email</a>

Anchor element creates hyperlinks and by clicking them you be taken to another webpage/website
It can contain other elements like text and images
href attribute specifies the webpage/website that the user will be redirected
it can take absolute(https://www.google.com) or relative url(a webpage within the same document -> 7.html)
target attribute specifies where the new webpage will be opened
target values can be _self(default same tab/window, _blank(new tab/window), _parent(in the parent frame), _top(in the full body of the window)
mailto: inside href attribute will open user’s default email client/program
title attribute shows more information about any element, not only the anchor element

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