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| Relative and Absolute Links | Relative and absolute links are styles of links that one finds connecting a web page to other pages, files, etc. Relative links look like this /~ahetting/htmlprimer.html. They consist of telling the link where to find what it is looking for, but leave out the server that the page is attached to because the original page and the one being sought after are in the same directory(folder or server). The same link in absolute link format would look like this http:/serendip.brynmawr.edu/~ahetting/htmlprimer.html. It includes the complete web address of the sought after page. They accommplish the same goal, but each has it's advantages and disadvantages. If you move a folder with web pages with relative links to a new server, then nothing will happen and all the links will remain stable. But if you were to only move one of those pages, then it's links would be broken because the other pages would be in a differnt directory(folder or server). Absolute links have the opposite effect, if you move one file then it's links will be fine. |
