Absolute Reference Links
Absolute Reference Links
An absolute reference link links to a precise location of a web page on the internet, or the page's Uniform Resource Locater (URL). Absolute reference links are typically used on a web page to link to a page or site outside of the original page's structure.
 Stop & Think
Imagine you are creating a web page about dirt bikes and on your page you want to discuss your favorite brand of dirt bikes – Yamaha. Upon consideration, you decide that you would like your page to link to the Yamaha Motor Corporation official web site. After some searching, you find that the URL for the official Yamaha Motor web site is: http://www.yamaha-motor.com/.
Above is a generic URL which highlights the URL's protocol, domain name, domain, file path, and file name. Review the generic URL closely then refer to the Yamaha Motor web site URL: http://www.yamaha-motor.com/ previously listed, and ask yourself the following questions:
- What is the protocol for the Yamaha Motor web site?
- What is the domain name for the Yamaha Motor web site?
- What is the domain for the Yamaha Motor web site?
- What is the file name for the Yamaha Motor web site?
The last question is a trick question – sorry. The file name for the Yamaha Motor web site is index.html or index.htm – depending on the web designer / web author's preference. The index.html file is a very important file in that it automatically refers to your home page. As long as Yamaha Motor has named their home page index.html (or index.htm) and placed it in the correct location on their web server, when a user enters the full URL, http://www.yamaha-motor.com, into the web browser address bar, the index.html file (or home page) is automatically displayed.
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