Links
or Hyperlinks
are easy to add to your item description. The tag for
creating a hyperlink is the a tag:
<a>
The
a stands for anchor.
The <a> tag never stands alone – it always
contains an attribute=value
pair
where the attribute
is
href and the value
is
a URL* to a file somewhere on the Internet. The opening
and closing <a> tags surround some text which you
have selected to be the actual clickable link.
<a
href=some
URL> type text here that will be the clickable
link </a>
*
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator –
computer geekspeak for “address”
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1.
Type the following in the test.html file (fig. 34):
Visit
<a href=http://www.ebay.com> eBay ! </a>
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Fig. 34
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3. Click refresh
in IE to view your new link! (fig. 35)
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You can use the <a>
tag to link to your other eBay auctions by following these steps:
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1.
Go to the eBay Search page by clicking the Search link on the eBay
Navigation bar (fig. 36a)
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Fig. 36a
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2. Click the By Seller tab, enter
your User Id in the Seller's User ID box and click the Search
button. (fig. 36b)
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Fig. 36b
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2. This will
take you to the page of your current auctions. (fig.37) There are currently
no auctions for griff@ebay.com
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Fig. 37
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3.
Find the Address box on the IE menu bar
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4.
Click once inside the box to highlight the entire
URL
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5.
Keeping your mouse cursor over the highlighted URL, click the right button
on your mouse and select Copy from the pop-up menu. (fig. 37)
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6.
At the very bottom of the test.html file, add the following line of HTML
formatted text (fig. 38):
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Fig. 38
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7.
Click your mouse cursor so it blinks just after the “=“ in <a href=>
(fig. 39)
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Fig. 39
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8.
Click the right button on your mouse and select Paste (fig. 40)
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Fig. 40
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9.
This will paste the long URL from your As Seller search page
into the proper place after the “=“ in the <a href=>
(fig. 41 )
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Fig. 41
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11.
As always, click File, Save the Changes!
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12.
Go back to IE, refresh and you will see the following link in
your item description. (fig. 42)
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Fig. 42
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That's links in a nutshell. Let's move on to embedded Images...
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