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15.0 Using Links

File paths are essential for linking to external files such as web pages, images, style sheets, and JavaScripts, describing their location within a website's folder structure. There are two types of file paths: absolute paths, which provide the full URL to a file, and relative paths, which point to a file in relation to the current page. Best practice recommends using relative file paths to ensure compatibility across different environments.

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15.0 Using Links

File paths are essential for linking to external files such as web pages, images, style sheets, and JavaScripts, describing their location within a website's folder structure. There are two types of file paths: absolute paths, which provide the full URL to a file, and relative paths, which point to a file in relation to the current page. Best practice recommends using relative file paths to ensure compatibility across different environments.

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HTML File Paths

File paths are used when linking to external files, like:

• Web pages
• Images
• Style sheets
• JavaScripts
A file path describes the location of a file in a web site's folder
structure

File Path Examples

Path Description
<img src="picture.jpg"> The "picture.jpg" file is located in the same folder
as the current page
<img src="images/picture.jpg"> The "picture.jpg" file is located in the images folder
in the current folder

<img src="/images/picture.jpg"> The "picture.jpg" file is located in the images folder


at the root of the current web

<img src="../picture.jpg"> The "picture.jpg" file is located in the folder one


level up from the current folder
Absolute File Paths

An absolute file path is the full URL to a file:

• <img src="https://www.yahoo.com/images/picture.jpg" alt="


Mountain">
Relative File Paths
A relative file path points to a file relative to the current page.

In the following example, the file path points to


a file in the images folder located at the root of
the current web:

• <img src="/images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">

In the following example, the file path points to


a file in the images folder located in the current
folder:

• <img src="images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">

In the following example, the file path points to a


file in the images folder located in the folder one
level up from the current folder:

• <img src=“../images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">


Best Practice

 It is best practice to use relative file paths (if possible).

 When using relative file paths, your web pages will not
be bound to your current base URL.
 All links will work on your own computer (localhost) as
well as on your current public domain and your future
public domains.

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