Hypertext Links: Mailto

One very helpful link to readers of WWW pages, is the mailto link. This link provides a way for your readers to contact you about the information on your page.

Nearly all JEFFLINE WWW documents include the mailto link at the bottom of the page. The format is very similar to the link command just presented. For example, look at the bottom of the html source from the OAC's home page:

<HR>
<A HREF="../index.html"><IMG SRC="pmenuicon.gif" BORDER=0 ALT="[Parent Menu]"></A>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE=-1>Maintained by Anthony J. Frisby, Ph.D.
<A HREF="MAILTO:frisby@jeflin.tju.edu">(frisby@jeflin.tju.edu)</A>
<BR>
Copyright © 1995, 1996 Thomas Jefferson University. All Rights Reserved.
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Most of the above tags you are already familiar with (HR=Horizontal Rule, FONT SIZE=-1 reduces the font size by one). Though you may not recognize the code returning you to the parent menu, you have probably used the 'Parent Menu' button frequently on JEFFLINE.

The MAILTO command above, when clicked on, brings up an email form with the address already filled in for the person responsible for that page, in this case, Anthony Frisby.

The bottom of each of these pages has a mailto link to Tony Frisby.