[thetaPC]

Issue URL: N/A

What is the current behavior?

The build's broken link and anchor checks only see Markdown links and Docusaurus components. A raw <a href> to a page that doesn't exist builds without errors, and a raw <h2> to <h4> can't be a checked link target. src/ and a few docs pages still use raw tags.

In v8, the Item page links go to the v9 pages, and the Angular testing page has two links with an empty href.

What is the new behavior?

• Internal links use <Link>, so the build checks them: the Item page (current and v8) and APIList
• External links use <Link> for consistency, which adds target="_blank" and rel="noopener noreferrer". DocsCard drops its own external-link branch for the same reason
• Raw headings use <Heading>: ReleaseNotes, SteppedColorGenerator, DeveloperExperts, and the TOC
• v8 Item page links point to the v8 pages, and the v8 Angular testing page links to Protractor and Jasmine
• CONTRIBUTING.md has a new "Links and Headings" section saying to use these components first

Does this introduce a breaking change?

• Yes
• No

Other information

The App Wizard link now opens in a new tab, like every other external link.

Markup inside code samples is unchanged, since it's example code rather than part of the page.

Preview: v8 Item page, Playground ("Report an issue" in the tooltip)

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[ShaneK]

Looks good to me!

The Install and Docs links on the VS Code extension page and its v8 copy are the last raw <a> tags outside code samples. Could we switch them to <Link> so the page matches the new CONTRIBUTING section? The import can go right under the frontmatter.

import Link from '@docusaurus/Link';

<Link to="vscode:extension/webnative.webnative" target="_self">
  <button className="install-button">Install</button>
</Link>
<Link to="https://webnative.dev/introduction/getting-started/" target="_self">
  <button className="docs-button">Docs</button>
</Link>

I'd keep target="_self" on both, since Link opens them in a new tab otherwise. With this change the page renders the same HTML as before, apart from the added rel="noopener noreferrer".