how to link a page url to wordpress - php

I'm new to WordPress, I just converted my HTML to WP Theme, but now I'm facing a problem, I couldn't get to work the linking of pages.
The structure of my theme:
index.php
header.php
sidebar.php
footer.php
services.php <- other page in the site
Here's the sample code from index.php:
<div id="menu">
<ul>
<li><a class="current" href="#">Home</a></li>
<li>Services</li>
<li>Free Quote</li>
<li>Customers</li>
<li>About Us</li>
<li>Contact us</li>
</ul>
</div>
But whenever I try to go to services, it's giving internal server error. I don't know why it's happening.

There are two ways in wordpress for linking Pages
For Content Based pages only:
You need to create a page from wp-admin(Admin panel) and can specify the slug of the page
E.g:
<li>Services</li>
^This is called Slug
This page will always run from page.php.
For HTML Changes Pages:
You need to create a page from wp-admin(Admin panel) and create a file containing
page-slug.php, here slug will change according to the name of page.E.g:
Services page will become page-services.php, in this you can insert your own html.
This will run from page-services rather than page.php
Choose as per your requirement.

Try using:
<a href="<?php echo bloginfo("template_url")?>/services.php">
I think in this case you are just not echoing out the value of that function. Also, however you might want this instead:
<a href="<?php echo home_url() ?>/services">
The template_url goes to your theme's folder, not to your website's homepage. I assume the latter is what you're really going for.

try <php echo site_url()."/sevices.php"; ?>

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Ok, I think I have found a solution -- being a novice -- has worked!
Hopefully someone can point out any changes/improvements I could make, but here it is:
To highlight a menu link for a different page than the one that you are on/viewing, for example in my scenario: I have an archive events page and within that page I have a link that takes you to a single page that lists all past previous events, but that has no link in the main navigation to it.
function nav_class($classes) {
// Remove "current-menu-item" class
$classes = array_diff($classes, array('current-menu-item'));
// If this is the "past-events" page, highlight the event menu item
if (in_array('menu-item-36', $classes) && is_page('past-events')) {
$classes[] = "current-menu-item";
}
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