To give you a full picture of
the possibilities, this chapter begins with an overview of Internet addresses,
called URLs.
Understanding URLs
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. An awkward phrase, it is one that,
nonetheless, describes itself well??”the URL??™s function is to provide a standard
method for finding anything on the Internet. From Web pages to newsgroups to
the smallest graphic on the most esoteric of pages, everything can be referenced
through the URL mechanism.
A typical URL for a Web page can have up to six different parts. Each part is separated
by some combination of a slash, colon, and hash-mark delimiter. When
entered as an attribute??™s value, the entire URL is generally enclosed within quotation
marks to ensure that the address is read as one unit. A generic URL using all
the parts looks like this:
scheme://server:port/path/file#anchor
Here??™s an example that uses every section:
http://www. idest.com:80/Dreamweaver/index.htm#bible
From left to right, the parts are as follows:
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IN THIS CHAPTER
Learning about Internet
addresses
Linking Web pages
Dreamweaver Technique: Linking
to Files
Pointing to a file
Creating anchors within Web
pages
Dreamweaver Technique:
Inserting Anchors
Targeting URLs
Establishing
Web Links
n http:??”The URL scheme used to access the resource.
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