What are hyperlinks?

A hyperlink is the term for the tool used to connect web pages to each other.

Hyperlinks can be text buttons or images and are usually designed to stand out from the rest of a web page so that it is clear to people visiting the site that they can use these links to go to other pages and sites on the web.

Hyperlinks are used to connect:

• a web page to another web page in the same website
• a web page to another web page in a different website
• to files and forms
• to other places within the same web page.

Broken hyperlinks

When a hyperlink is not working, your web browser’s may open a page stating ‘404 error’. This is called a broken link.

This means that the web page or file the hyperlink was supposed to be linked to either has moved to a different web address (location) or has been removed from the web.

If you reach an error page, press the Back button in your web browser to return to the last page you visited.

If you find a broken link in the ActewAGL education site

If you find a broken link on this website, please complete our online feedback form including the following information:

• The web address of the link (you can copy this from your web browser’s address bar – see picture below)
• When you tried to use this link
• Which page you were on before clicking on the broken link.

The address bar in your web browser tells you where you are on the world-wide-web. A new web page can be viewed by typing a new address. This example is from Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The address bar may appear slightly differently in other web browsing software.