Tag Attributes

Add extra info to your tags with attributes.

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Attributes are extra info

Attributes exist because tags alone aren't enough — sometimes you need to give a tag extra instructions. For example, an tag creates a link, but the browser needs to know where the link goes. That's what href="..." does. Every clickable link you've ever used on the web — from Google search results to "Add to Cart" buttons — uses the href attribute to know its destination.

Think of it this way: Think of a shipping package: the box itself is the tag, but without a destination label, the courier doesn't know where to deliver it. Attributes are those labels — they give the browser the extra details it needs to handle the element correctly.

The href attribute on stands for 'hypertext reference' — it's the foundation of how web pages link together, which is what makes the web a 'web'.

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