The LINK Tag

The LINK Tag

Tags:

Name

Link

Description

This tag defines links to related documents. It is used in the HEAD section.

Its main use is to specify what style sheet or style sheets are used by the document.

Attributes

HREF

Specifies the URL to link to. To link to a file on the same site use the local path e.g. href="index.html" or href="folder/contents.html". You can also use dots to link to a document in the parent folder e.g. href="..\document.html". To link to another site, use the full URL e.g.: href="http://www.martin2k.co.uk".

REL

Specifies the type of document that is linked to. The following values are valid:

alternate

appendix

bookmark

chapter

contents

copyright

glossary

help

home

index

next

prev

section

start

stylesheet

subsection

TYPE

Specifies the MIME type of the related document. The following values are valid:

MIME_type like:

text/css

text/javascript

image/gif

Example

Code

<head>
<link rel="STYLESHEET" href="html.css" type="text/css">
</head>

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