In the beginning of this unit, you learned how to create a hyperlink by pointing to the full URL of another document. However, if you are linking to different documents on the same Web server (usually your own), you do not always need to use the full URL. You can use relative path names.
Web browsers, even when running on PC or Macintosh machines, always follow UNIX style path names. This means that directories (folders) are separated by forward slash marks (/), and higher-level directories are indicated by two periods (..).
The simplest relative path name is no path name at all. If you are linking to another document that is in the same directory, all you have to do is type in the file name of the new document in place of the full URL. For example, to link
to a document named newfile.html, type
<AHREF="newfile.html">
To link to documents or files in a subdirectory, all you need to specify is the path and file name relative to the current document. For example, to link to a document called budget.html in a subdirectory named budget96, you would type
<A HREF="budget96/b
You can also navigate up the directory tree of your server by using two periods (..) to move up one level. For example, to link from the budget.html file in the previous example back to the main document, you would type
<A HREF="../main.ht
If the new document was two levels above the current one, you would separate each level with a slash, and type
<A HREF="../../main.html">
• The single greatest advantage to using relative path names is portability. If you do your HTML developme
finished work to a Web server, you can save yourself the trouble of having to reset all of your hyperlinks to reflect the new location. Likewise, relative path names will save you the headache of changing your hy
your existing HTML files to an entirely new Web server 4.0 CONCLUSION:
Hypertext systems are particularly useful for organizing and browsing through large databases that consist of disparate types of information. It is the underlying
defining the structure of the 5.0 SUMMARY
In this unit, you have learnt the following:
• Definition of hypertext link?
• Types and Uses of hypertext
• Stated the steps in the creation of hyperlink
•
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to a document named newfile.html, type
<AHREF="newfile.html">.
To link to documents or files in a subdirectory, all you need to specify is the path and file name relative to the current document. For example, to link to a document called budget.html in a subdirectory named budget96, you would
<A HREF="budget96/budget.html">.
You can also navigate up the directory tree of your server by using two periods (..) to move up one level. For example, to link from the budget.html file in the previous example back to the main document, you would type
<A HREF="../main.html">.
If the new document was two levels above the current one, you would separate each level with a slash, and type
<A HREF="../../main.html">.
The single greatest advantage to using relative path names is portability. If you do your HTML development on a local machine, and then upload your
finished work to a Web server, you can save yourself the trouble of having to reset all of your hyperlinks to reflect the new location. Likewise, relative path names will save you the headache of changing your hyperlinks if you move your existing HTML files to an entirely new Web server
Hypertext systems are particularly useful for organizing and browsing through large databases that consist of disparate types of information. It is the underlying
defining the structure of the World Wide Web.
In this unit, you have learnt the following:
Definition of hypertext link?
Types and Uses of hypertext
the steps in the creation of hyperlink
To link to documents or files in a subdirectory, all you need to specify is the path and file name relative to the current document. For example, to link to a document called budget.html in a subdirectory named budget96, you would
You can also navigate up the directory tree of your server by using two periods (..) to move up one level. For example, to link from the budget.html file in the previous example back to the main document, you would type
If the new document was two levels above the current one, you would separate
The single greatest advantage to using relative path names is portability. If you nt on a local machine, and then upload your
finished work to a Web server, you can save yourself the trouble of having to reset all of your hyperlinks to reflect the new location. Likewise, relative path
perlinks if you move
Hypertext systems are particularly useful for organizing and browsing through large databases that consist of disparate types of information. It is the underlying concept
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• Define hypertext link
• Distinguish between hyperlink and hypertext
• List the steps of creating a hyperlink
7.0 FURTHER READING AND OTHER RESOURCES
• Barnet, Belinda (2004). Lost In The Archive: Vision, Artefact And Loss In The Evolution Of Hypertext. University of New South Wales, PhD thesis.
• Bolter, Jay David (2001). Writing Space: Computers, Hypertext, and the Remediation of Print.
New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-8058-2919-9.
• Buckland, Michael (2006). Emanuel Goldberg and His Knowledge Machine. Libraries Unlimited.
ISBN 0-31331-332-6.
• Byers, T. J. (April 1987). "Built by association". PC World 5: 244–251.
• Cicconi, Sergio (1999). "Hypertextuality". Mediapolis. Ed. Sam Inkinen. Berlino & New York: De Gruyter.: 21–43. http://www.cisenet.com/cisenet/writing/essays/hypertextuality.htm.
• Conklin, J. (1987). "Hypertext: An Introduction and Survey". Computer 20 (9): 17–41.
doi:10.1109/MC.1987.1663693.
• Crane, Gregory (1988). "Extending the boundaries of instruction and research". T.H.E. Journal (Technological Horizons in Education) (Macintosh Special Issue): 51–54.
• Ensslin, Astrid (2007). Canonizing Hypertext: Explorations and Constructions. London:
Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-95583.
• Landow, George (2006). Hypertext 3.0 Critical Theory and New Media in an Era of Globalization:
Critical Theory and New Media in a Global Era (Parallax, Re-Visions of Culture and Society).
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-8257-5.
• van Dam, Andries (July 1988). "Hypertext: '87 keynote address". Communications of the ACM 31:
887–895. doi:10.1145/48511.48519.
http://www.cs.brown.edu/memex/HT_87_Keynote_Address.html.
• Yankelovich, Nicole; Landow, George P., and Cody, David (1987). "Creating hypermedia materials for English literature students". SIGCUE Outlook 20 (3): All.
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MODULE THREE –LISTS, TABLES AND FRAMES IN HTML UNIT ONE – Creating Lists in HTML
1. 0. Introduction 2.0. Objectives 3.0 Main Content