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Hayden
Hayden

Reputation: 19

HTML link issue

I'm attempting to learn some HTML on my own and I'm starting out with some very basic formatting and linking:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
    <h1> First Heading </h1>
    <a href = “http://www.stackoverflow.com” target=“_blank”>TEST LINK</a>
</body>
</html>

I saved the file as .html and it opens correctly in any browser like I would expect, but when attempting to click the link, the browser displays a 'website not found' message. The URL shows the directory to the folder on my computer where I created the HTML document followed by http://www.stackoverflow.com.

I feel like this is a formatting issue but I have tried all kinds of variations of the notation. Any help is appreciated.

Edit:

Thanks for the help guys! I think TextEdit is just the source of the problem. I wrote a new HTML file in VIM and everything is working perfectly.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 113

Answers (6)

hamed2011
hamed2011

Reputation: 61

Don't use ”. Instead, use the double quote sign (") for all links and attributes.

Check the following code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
    <h1> First Heading </h1>
    <a href = "http://www.stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">TEST LINK</a>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

Jerad
Jerad

Reputation: 709

You are using the wrong kind of quotes. ” should be ". When copying/pasting code, always make sure to do by pasting the value. Here's the code with correct quotes:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
    <h1> First Heading </h1>
    <a href = "http://www.stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">TEST LINK</a>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 1

user4392211
user4392211

Reputation:

you have a typo with your ". Just re-type them:

<a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">TEST LINK</a>

Upvotes: 1

xandrw
xandrw

Reputation: 341

Your quotes are wrong for both the href attribute and the target attribute.

Try using " " like so:

<a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">Link to Google</a>

You can use both single quotes ' ' and double quotes " " for the attribute values, but it is recommended that you use double.

Upvotes: 0

user3522371
user3522371

Reputation:

You have a typo because you used wrong quotes.

Change this:

<a href = “http://www.stackoverflow.com” target=“_blank”>TEST LINK</a>

To:

<a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">TEST LINK</a>

Upvotes: 2

jmore009
jmore009

Reputation: 12931

It has to do with your quotes. You're using “ instead of "

<a href="http://www.stackoverflow.com" target="_blank">TEST LINK</a>

FIDDLE

Upvotes: 1

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