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| External / Full (absolute) URL | <A HREF= "http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/subdirectory/fileA.html"> | faculty.washington.edu/krumme/subdirectory/fileA.html |
| External / same Domain: Relative URL | <A HREF="/krumme/thisclass/file.html"> | faculty.washington.edu/krumme/thisclass/file.html |
| Internal - Linking to files within the current folder: | <A HREF="nextpage.html"> | students.washington.edu/uid/current/nextpage.html
uid
= your login account to Dante (e.g: krumme)
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| Internal - another lower-level folder (one level down) from current folder | <A HREF="folder2/file.html"> | students.washington.edu/uid/current/folder2/file.html |
| Internal - another, higher level folder (onel level up) from current folder | <A HREF="../file.html">
../ says to go up 1 level from current and find "file.html" |
students.washington.edu/uid/file.html
Notice that "current" is left out from the absolute URL |
| Internal - from current folder moving down 2 folder-levels: | <A HREF= "class1/hw1/Exercise.html"> | students.washington.edu/uid/class1/hw1/Exercise.html
Notice how long it is compared to the Relative URL? |
| Internal - Same Page/File: Two Tags are Needed, namely the Origin and the Destination Tags | Origin: <A HREF="#thisspot">This Spot </A > Click on "This Spot" and it will take you to the Destination location. Destination: < A NAME="thisspot" > |
students.washington.edu/uid/curr/file.html#thisspot
Doing it this way, you must include the file name (file.html) then followed by the anchor name - preceded by the pound key (#thisspot). |
| Internal - from a specific page in a specific directory to a specific spot in another page in another directory (on a different branch): | <A HREF=
"../glossaries/Internetgloss.html#thisspot">
= go back up one level from the current folder, then go down one level (to glossaries) and find the "Internetgloss.html" file; then, on this page, proceed to the anchor marked "thisspot". |
This ABSOLUTE tag can be very very long depending on where your current folder is in the directory tree. Your best bet is to use the RELATIVE URL - it can save space and make moving these files in the future a lot easier. |
| Internal - (another folder and another branch: go first "upwards" towards first common higher-level directory, then switch to other branch,) / Relative URL | <A HREF= "../../secondclass/file.html">
This says to go up 2 levels from current folder, then go into "secondclass" folder and find "file.html" within "secondclass" folder. Note: We're combine both backward and forward selecting of directories. If you can understand and use this tag, then you're well on your way to creating any links you want to. |
Using relative URL can be confussing if you
don't
keep track of your folder's location on the directory tree.
You may wish to draw a sketch of this "tree".
...best example of a directory tree is by looking at Windows
Explorer.
Because of this, some people decide to use the absolute URL instead... it is your call! |