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Latest revision as of 13:04, 21 April 2016
In HTML, you can specify paths to resources in several different ways.
Types of resources
Typical resources include:
Absolute paths
Absolute paths are one of several ways to specify a path from a web page to an external resource.
This applies to external style sheets, and external JavaScript files.
- Only style sheets and JavaScript files which you host on your own web site
- This does not apply to style sheets or JavaScript files you access via Content delivery networks
Absolute paths begin with a forward slash (/) character.
Example: making a link to an external style sheet:
<link href="/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" />
Custom CSS:
<link href="/mgdp2050.css" rel="stylesheet" />
I recommend absolute paths as easier to use (as compared with relative paths).
A relative path looks something like this:
<link href="../bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css" rel="stylesheet" />
Custom CSS (if in subfolder):
<link href="../mgdp2050.css" rel="stylesheet" />
Custom CSS (if in home page):
<link href="mgdp2050.css" rel="stylesheet" />
The "../" indicates "move one level closer to the root."
Fully-qualified URL
A fully-qualified URL specifies the protocol and the full path.
Example:
In the above example, the protocol is "http://"
