Linking to other files

You don't just have to create links between web pages. You can also link to a video clip, graphic, or sound file. For example,

<a href="http://www.ann.com/video/video.avi">
<a href="http://www.ann.com/graphic/graphic.gif">

You can also use a link to a file to download. Just like you would link a normal web page. The browser decides what to do with the file. It will display an html or text file. If it doesn't recognise a file type, the browser asks what to do with the file. Either download it, execute it, or use an external program to process it.

You might want to compress the files, probably into a self-extracting zip file. For example:

<a href="http://www.ann.com/download/files.exe">

Alternatively, you can link to a Microsoft® Word document or an Acrobat pdf file.