1. Rules for Relative URLs
SITE DIRECTORY
/ (server root – e.g.
/gum/
/gum/sugarless/
/gum/sugarless/about.html
/candy/
/candy/chewy/
/candy/chewy/cherry/
/images/logo.png
All directories have an index.html page
Virtual starts with / Relative does not!
FORWARDS
Assuming we are in the gum directory
Go to the index of the sugarless:
sugarless/ (or sugarless or sugarless/index.html)
Go to the about page in sugarless:
sugarless/about.html
BACKWARDS
Assuming we are in the cherry directory
Go back to the index of the chewy:
../
Go to the logo graphic in images:
../../../images/logo.png
To go to a file in the current directory, say the file name. To go to a file in a directory in the current directory, say the directory then the file. To go backwards a directory use ../ Never say the current directory. Note the three ways to go to an index – any are fine, the dir/ is preferred.