HTML Linking to other sites vs. linking to other pages on the same site

Sometimes when writing HTML to format your website you will come across the need to create a link to an outside website. Other times you will want to create a links to other pages on your website.

Lets say you want to create a list of links to an outside website (URL). You will be using the <a> element plus the 'href' attribute. We will insert the URL's/websites into this code like so:

<p>My Top Stores:
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.kohls.com">Kohl's</a></li>
<li><a href="http://steinmart.com">Steinmart</a></li>
<li><a href="http://bestbuy.com">Best Buy</a></li>
</ul>
</p>

The result...

My Top Stores:

• Kohl's
• Steinmart
• Best Buy

Now when linking to other pages within the same website it is written like this:

<p>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="about-me.html">About Me</a></li>
<li><a href="my-stores.html">My Stores</a></li>
<li><a href="contact-me.html">Contact Me</a></li>
</ul>
</p>

The result...

• Home
• About Me
• My Stores
• Contact Me