Relative Linking

Link to a relative page. The page is in the same directory/folder as the calling page.

Link to a relative page. The page is in a directory/folder under the calling page.

Link to a relative page. The page is in a directory/folder above the calling page. Note the "../" in the link - the linked directory in one level up.

Absolute Linking

Link to an absolute page. The page is in any directory/folder on the same server. Note the link begins with a "/" - this makes it an absolute link.

Link to an absolute page on a server. The page is in any directory/folder on any server. Note the link begins with a "http://" - this makes it an absolute link to a server/page.

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Not all web sites have "www" in the beginning of their web address.
Examples are http://cst.ridgewater.edu and this website which is http://cst1021.ridgewater.net

Not all web sites have three parts in their web web address. The city of Hutchinson has five parts. http://www.ci.hutchinson.mn.us McLeod county has five parts. http://www.co.mcleod.mn.us

Case sEnSiTiVe

Note that some Web Servers are case sensitive. If a Web Server is case sensitive, "index.html" is not the same as "Index.html" or "bitsnbytes.htm" is not the same as "BitsnBytes.htm. Be aware of this when creating links.

Servers running Unix or Linux are case sensitive. Servers running Windows are not case sensitive, but they are case aware. Therefore is is always a good idea to always pay attention to case of file names to avoid any problems.