As you've probably observed from your explorations of the web, there's more to links than just going from one page to another when you click on some text. For one, graphics objects can be clickable and take you to another page. And we've all seen pages with "drill-down" links, which take you to a different part of the same page.
We'll talk about making graphics clickable when we talk about graphics (I promise!). So right now let's look at how to make a drill-down list. The basic idea is to name a certain point in the page and then refer to that name in the HREF of your link. You do the naming by using another kind of anchor, in the following way:
<a name="part_1"></a>
You don't have to put anything in between the first and second set of brackets like you do for a link, but you might want to place this NAME anchor right above a subheader, for example. Then when you code the link to this point in the page, you do the following:
<a href="#part_1">First Subhead</a>
Note the "#" in the HREF — this is important! Without that one little character in there, your link will not work. OK, now I think you're ready to try it — see if you can create the markup that will duplicate the functionality of this page (clicking this link will open a small browser window; simply close that window to return to this page). Then view the source to see how I did it.
Proceed to Color My Web.