IS 337: Website Administration

Lecture for September 17: Links

Things I Gotta Do

  • Check NetBeans.
  • Install Aptana.
  • Install Snarl.

Clarifications

  • HTML fragment

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Topics

  • Finish up September 15 Lecture.
  • URIs (Universal Resource Identifier (a.a.k.a. URL))
    • pattern: scheme::/authority/path#fragment?parameters
    • scheme: network protocol to access resource (e.g., http, https, ftp, file)
    • authority: server to offer up the resource
    • path: "directory" path to access resource
    • fragment: specify location within resource
    • parameters: input for computational resource
    • relative versus absolute
  • <a>
    • attributes: href, target, title
  • Defining fragment: name and id attributes

Readings and Resources

  • URI entry in Wikipedia
  • Sitepoint reference for <a>; note all the subsections!

Quick Written Assignment for Next Time

Write the <a>s for three different links into your favorite website(s). They should all go to different pages (or even websites), and at least one of them should use a fragment reference.

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