Converting special characters and symbols to html

Link within your website
This is the code you need if you are trying to link to a page that on your site.
<a href="page2.html">This is a link</a>

Example:This is a link to /newfangled_employee_blogs


Linking to an external site:
To make a link that that redirects to an external site, the href must begin with http://
<a href="http://cnn.com" >Link to CNN</a>

Example:This is a link to an external site


Link that opens up in either a new window or new tab
This is the code you need to make a link open up in a new window or a new tab depending on what browser you are using.
<a href="page2.html" target="_blank">This is a link that opens up in either a new window or new tab</a>

Example:This is a link that opens up in a new window / tab


How to make a link that opens up in a new window (popup).
To make a link open up in a new window (popup), here is the code.
<a target="_blank" onclick="window.open ('page2.html','_blank','status=1,toolbar=0,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,left=20,top=50,width=90,height=90');
 return false;" href="#">Test Popup 3</a>

Example: This is a popup link

Here is some of the optional stuff that one can specify for the new window by either specifying 0 or 1.
Please note: In programming,
0 means false
1 means true.

If you are specifying more than one item, you must separate the items by a comma.
Test Popup 3