4 Links

Question 1

Create a link to an external website

Answer 1

&lta href=”http://www.imdb.com”>IMDB&lt/a>

Question 2

What happens with this code?

&lta href=”www.imdb.com”>IMDB&lt/a>

Answer 2

Goes to the relative location, looks for www.imdb.com within the same folder as your html file is.
have to use http:// before the website so it knows to look on the web.

Question 3

What does URL stand for

Answer 3

Uniform Resource Locator.

Question 4

Difference between absolute URL and relative URL

Answer 4

Absolute starts with the domain name for that site.

Relative don’t need to specify domain name.

Question 5

Create a relative link to another page of your website

Answer 5

&lta href=”index.html”>Home&lt/a>

Question 6

What does href stand for

Answer 6

Hypertext reference

Question 7

Reference a file in the same folder

Answer 7

&lta href=”reviews.html”> Reviews &lt/a>

Question 8

Reference a file in a child or grandchild folder

Answer 8

(1 folder forward)

&lta href=”music/listings.html”> Listings &lt/a>

Question 9

Reference a file in a parent or grandparent folder

Answer 9

(2 folders back)

&lta href=”../../index.html”> Home &lt/a>

Question 10

What happens if you reference a folder without referencing a file?

Answer 10

It looks for index.html

If not there it shows the folders contents

Question 11

What happens when you reference forward slash (/) ?

Answer 11

Usually returns the homepage of entire site (index.html or shows folder contents if not there)
It will show the hard drive if just opened the HTML file from file explorer
Will show the directory of file that started the live server if started from live server
Likely website homepage if opened on a website.

Question 12

Create an email address link

Answer 12

mailto:emailaddress within the href attribute

&lta href=”mailto:jon@example.org”>Email Jon&lt/a>

Question 13

Difference between attribute, attribute name and value?

Answer 13

href=”website”
href is attribute name
website is value
whole thing is attribute

Question 14

Open up a link in a new window

Answer 14

target=”_blank” attribute

Question 15

link to another part of a page

Answer 15

create an id with the id attribute (within any element tag)
id=”prologue”

then link to it with an href attribute in an anchor tag and a number sign within the value
href=”#prologue”

Question 16

link to another part of a specific or different page

Answer 16

forward slash number sign id name
&lta href=”http:/www.
htmlandcssbookcom/
#bottom”>

Question 17

What does the &ltlink> tag do?

Answer 17

&ltlink rel=”stylesheet” href=”styles.css”>

defines the relationship between the current document and an external resource.

Usually CSS style sheets or favicons (icons that show in tab)

Here are some rel tags:
alternate
appendix
bookmark
chapter
contents
copyright
glossary
help
home
index
next
prev
section
start
stylesheet
subsection

Question 18

What is the root directory (href=”"):

1. when opening an HTML file on computer
2. website
3. live server

Answer 18

1. the base drive folder
2. the root directory on the website
3. the directory set by live server