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HTML HTML Basics Images, Text and Links Understanding File Paths

Jeremy Custer
Jeremy Custer
3,050 Points
Posted by Jeremy Custer
Jeremy Custer
3,050 Points

HTML Basics: file path not working <a href="articles/2017/article.html">

I have my file path just like the instructor has it in the video, but when I click preview page and click the link, no URL is found on the server. I do have the 2017 folder nested in the articles folder with the article.html file in the 2017 folder. Help please! lol

1 Answer

Matthew Lestina
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Matthew Lestina
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Matthew Lestina
Matthew Lestina
Courses Plus Student 122 Points

Hi, I'm just an intermediate, so if there are any experts out there and I am incorrect, please jump in.

The link "articles/2017/article.html" in the video is not an absolute link to an external website, but is instead an internal link to a folder within the instructor's computer. Therefore, unless you create yourself a folder in your computer with the path "articles/2017/article.html", the instructor's internal link should not work at your end. In other words, the instructor seems to be assuming that a file with t he path "articles/2017/article.html" exists on his computer or website and is thus using an internal link to it. In contrast, an absolute link includes "http://www. bla bla bla.com etc". If it were an absolute link, then it is expected that it would work for you.

This is a good question and I hope you now understand.

Jeremy Custer
Jeremy Custer
3,050 Points
Jeremy Custer
Jeremy Custer
3,050 Points

Thanks for your input on my question post. I understood what you were saying and the next two videos in the section explained more in depth what you were talking about. Turns out that the way I dragged the article.html file to the folder 2017 wasn't actually in the folder, but in the side menu, it looked like it was. After re-dragging it, it fixed the file path and the article.html file worked and displayed properly. Thanks!