Complete URLs    Like an absolute path, a complete URL lists the directory path starting at the root to the location of a Web page on a server. In addition to the path and file name, a complete URL includes a protocol (http or ftp) and an Internet domain name. In the “Directory paths” diagram on page 14.189, if the folder named Home is the root folder of a Web site, the URL for the “Calen- dar.html” page is: http://www.domain.com/Home/Public/Events/Calendar.html Entering file names and URLs    When you create hyperlinks, you can specify the target as a relative path or a complete URL. •   If the two pages are in the same folder or directory, the rela- tive path is simply the name of the target file. •   A complete URL specifies the actual location of the file on a Web server on the Internet. Directory paths In the directory diagram shown here, the rela- tive path from the file “Local.html” in the Maps folder to the file “Calendar.html” in the Events folder is: ../../Public/Events/Calendar.html In this case, the relative path starts on one branch of the directory tree, moves to the root, and then back down another branch. If two files are on the same branch of a directo- ry, the relative path can be much shorter than the absolute path. For example, the relative path between the file “Calendar.html” in the Events folder and a file named “Schedules” in the Public folder (one level above Events) is: ../Schedules.html The absolute path to the same file is: /Home/Public/Schedules.html Calendar.html Local.html Public Offices Maps Events Home http://www.deneba.com/default.html Protocol Domain Root of directory file name A complete URL for a Web
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