You can create absolute references to other pages by using the full URL (including the http://) in the <a href=...> tag. Generally, absolute references link to web sites outside of your domain.

Here are some examples of absolute references. Look at the source code to see how they are done.

• The course syllabus
• The Beginner's guide to HTML
• Microsoft

You can also create relative references to pages at you own site. These just consist of a UNIX-style path from the current file to the file being linked to (or just the name of the file, if it is in the same directory). These are prefered if possible, as they make it easy to move all components of the web site (pages, images, and other files) from one location to another by just moving the entire directory. If you used absolute links, you would have to rewrite them any time the web site was moved.

Here are some examples of relative references. Look at the source code to see how they are done.

• A relative reference to the course syllabus
• A relative link to a spreadsheet in a subdirectory
• A relative link to my main page in a parent directory

While http:// (hypertext transfer protocol) links are the most common, they are not the only types of links you can create. Another common type of link is a mailto link, which sends email to someone (generally whoever is maintaining the page).

Here is a link you can use to send me email: Dr. Sullins' email

Here is a telnet link to YSU as well.