HTML and CSS Reference
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type="
MIME type
MIME type
"
Specifies the media or content type (MIME type) of the linked content—for example,
text/html
.
Examples
To a local file:
<a
href="filename.html"
>
. . .
</a>
To an external file:
<a
href="http://server/path/file.html"
>
. . .
</a>
To send an email message (browser may trigger the user's mail program to open a new mes-
sage):
<a
href="mailto:username@domain"
>
. . .
</a>
To a telephone number (mobile phone browsers may present an alert box allowing the user to
call the linked number):
<a
href="tel:+15085551212"
>
. . .
</a>
To a file on an FTP server:
<a
href="ftp://server/path/filename"
>
. . .
</a>
Creating a named anchor in HTML:
<a
id="fragment"
>
. . .
</a>
Linking to a named anchor:
<a
href="http://server/path/file.html#fragment"
>
. . .
</a>
