Web browsers displays links to external resources/files as blue and underline.
Here is an HTML5 example:
<!DOCTTYPE html>Here is an HTML5 example:
<!--Example 1: Links.html -->
<html>
<head>
<title> Links example </title>
</head>
<body>
<h1> See below a list of a few search engines</h1>
<footer>
<p> Created by: Zoheir Ezziane </p>
<p> Email address: <a href="mailto:zezziane@yahoo.com">zezziane@yahoo.com</a>.</p>
</footer>
<hr>
<h2> See below a list of a few search engines</h2>
<p> <a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>
<p> <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo</a>
<p> <a href="http://www.bing.com">Bing</a>
</body>
</html>
How to hyperlink to an e-mail address? mailto:URL is used to enable most web browsers to open the default e-mail program such as MS Outlook to write an email.
Here is an example:
<!DOCTTYPE html>See here how the browser shows the hyperlinked email address:
<!--Example: Email.html -->
<html>
<head>
<title> Email example </title>
</head>
<body>
<p> Send an email to <a href = "mailto:zezziane@hotmail.com"> the default email program will open to send me an email.
</p> </body>
</html>