| URL |
URL stands for uniform resource locator. It is, simply put, an address that “points” the browser to the location of a specific file. It consists of the protocol, host name (domain name), directory, and filename.
Examples:
http://www.yahoo.com
http://www.hpiweb.com/homepage.html
telnet://apollo.commnet.edu
mailto:jtimmons@hpiweb.com
ftp://ftp.mcafee.com
| Absolute and Relative Pathnames |
An absolute pathname contains all the information (domain name, directories, and filename) of a URL. Use an absolute pathname for links to external documents—an HTML document that does not reside on your own Web site.
Example:
http://www.hpiweb.com/homepage.html
A relative pathname contains only information relative to the original file. Use a relative pathname for internal documents—an HTML document that resides on your own Web site.
Example:
filename.html
| Creating External Links |
<a href="protocol://domain.name/directory/filename">Name of the Link</a>
Example Code:<a href="http://www.yahoo.com">External Link</a>
The Result:
External Link
| Creating Internal Links |
<a href="filename">Name of the Link</a>
Example Code:<a href="internal.html">Internal Link</a>
The Result:
Internal Link
| Creating Anchors |
A link to another HTML document, by default, brings us to the top of the HTML document. An anchor allows you to create an internal link to a specific location within an HTML document.
The Anchor:
<a name="AnchorName">Text
to Anchor To</a>
The Link to the Anchor:
<a href="URL#AnchorName">Internal
Link to the Anchor</a>
<a href="internal.html#Anchor2">Internal Link to the Anchor</a>
The Result:
Internal
Link to the Anchor
 Emphasizing
Text |
 Top
of Page |
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