How to specify a URL and clickable link in a web document.  9/5/95

To SEE the URL for a link in a document, put the mouse pointer over the link
in the web page you're looking at, and look on the bottom line of the page.
You'll see the url there.  (this is for netscape)  You can get url's other
ways, too, of course.

To REFER to a url in web document that you are creating, use this syntax:

<a href=http://www.city.net/countries/united_states/texas/houston/>Houston</a>

explanation:
<a          -- like an open quote for a url, indicates that a url will follow
href=       -- precedes the actual url

http://     -- indicates what kind of url (can be http, gopher, ftp, etc.)

www.city.net/  -- indicates the complete name of the computer where the url
                  document is located.  Form can be more complex than this.

united_states/texas/houston/   -- the directory (or folder stack) where the
                                  url document is located on the computer

>           -- partial close quote for the url; the user doesn't see what
               comes between the opening <a and this closing >.

Houston     -- the clickable text = what the user sees in the web document
               (as opposed to the actual long url)
               The user will see and click on this text to access the url
               document.

</a>        -- the final close quote for the url


You can also see the source of a web document that you are viewing. (In
netscape, choose the view item from the menu bar, and choose source... 
from the drop down menu.  Other web browsers have the same function 
available, possibly under a different menu bar heading.)

The example that I used with "Houston" can be found on the A&M home page
url http://www.tamu.edu/