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Muhammed Drammeh
471 Pointswhat is an anchor tag
what is an anchor tag?
<!doctype>
<html>
<head>
<title>My trip to Spain</title>
</head>
<body>
<img alt="A picture of me in Spain" src="images/spain.jpg">
<p>Here is a picture of me in Spain last summer!</p>
<a>Go back to the top of the page.</a>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
Alexander Besse
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 34,965 PointsHey, Muhammed Drammeh!
An anchor tag is used to turn elements on the page into links. This can be done with text, or if you wrap the <a> anchor tag around an image, it will turn the picture into a link.
Anchor tags are declared with <a href="LINK">TEXT</a>
You can see more here: https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_a.asp
Jorge Flores
2,207 Pointsthe 'a' tag.
<html>
<head>
<title>My trip to Spain</title>
</head>
<body>
<img src='images/spain.jpg' alt="A picture of me in Spain">
<p>Here is a picture of me in Spain last summer!</p>
<a href='#top'>Go back to the top of the page.</a>
</body>
</html>