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Ruh Ullah Shah
Courses Plus Student 5,111 PointsDifference between different link tags in HTML such as <a> & <link>?
What is the difference between <a> & <link>? Under what scenarios are they used?
3 Answers
Hossam Khalifa
17,200 PointsThese are two different things. The anchor element is used to link to another page or to a certain part of the page if you use its ID.
<a href="index.html">Home</a>
And The link tag defines a link between a document and an external resource.
The link tag is used to link to external style sheets.
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="theme.css">
</head>
Ruh Ullah Shah
Courses Plus Student 5,111 PointsGreat. Thanks for the clarification!!
Ruh Ullah Shah
Courses Plus Student 5,111 PointsGreat. Thanks for the clarification!!
Michael Hulet
47,913 PointsMichael Hulet
47,913 PointsFYI,
<link/>isn't solely used for stylesheets. It can also do a lot more