Nguyen Vu
April 19, 2000
Comp 212 (6-10 Wed)
Leslie Potter
Assignment 4

Due Date: April 26, 2000
HTML tutorial 2 Adding Hypertext Links to a Web Page: 

·Read the learning objectives at the beginning of the chapter. 
·Draft an outline or map of the chapter main topic and subtopics. 
	Create hypertext links b/w elements within a document
	Create hypertext links b/w one document and another
	Review basic web page structure
	Create hypertext links to pages on Internet
	Use and understand absolute and relative pathnames
	Learn to create hypertext links to various Internet resources
·Write answers to these questions.

1. Explain how to create hypertext links within a document.
Creating links within a document, first you need to create an anchor or bookmark the area that you want to link to by putting “<A NAME=XXX>XXXName_Of_Area</A>”.  Next, you create the link by typing <A HREF=#XXX>Text_To_Be_Link</A>” at the area that you want to the link to be.  (p.2.3)

2. Explain how to create hypertext links between one document and another document. 
To create hypertext link, you type “<A HREF=”Address_Of_Link”>Text_To_Be_Link</A>” in place where hypertext is to be created.  (p.2.14)

3. Explain how to create hypertext links between to documents on the web. 
To create hypertext links b/w two documents on the web, first you type "<A HREF="Absolute_Address_Of_Linking_Document"></A>

4. Explain different web page structures such as linear, augmented, hierarchical, combination and non-structured. 
Linear – only allows you to go to the next or previous page in an ordered chain structure
Augmented – 
Hierarchical – Structure starts with a general topic that includes links to more specific topics and each topics includes links to yet more specialized topics, and so on.  Pyramid structure.
Combination – Structure using hierarchical order to starts then in each level of pages is related in a linear structure.  (p.2.10)
Nonstructured – Structure with “jumping” links or no order of links resulting in no ending.

5. Explain the difference between absolute and relative page references. 
Absolute references – shows the exact pathname with every subfolders and starts and separated by “/” to the pin point the file.  (p.2.21)
Relative references – created to shorten the pathname of the files, relative starts with “..” and does not shows complete pathname.  (p.2.22)

6. Explain how to create hypertext links to at least these internet resources: mail, ftp, gopher, news 
To create hypertext links to internet resources, first you need to know the resources addresses.  Then in your document type “<A HREF=”Complete_Address_Of_Resource>Text_To_Be_Link</A> and place it where you want the link to be.  (p.2.23)

7. Explain the following terms:

Absolute path (p. 2.21) The exact address of a file including all subfolders separated by back slash
Anchor (p. 2.4) The bookmark use for linking specific section in a page.
Communication protocol (p. 2.25) The first part of the URL address that set the rules governing how information is exchanged.
FTP (p. 2.25) File Transfer Protocol is the protocol that the FTP servers use to transfer information.
FTP server (p. 2.25) A computer that store files that Internet users can download, or transfer, to their computers.
Gopher servers (p. 2.26) An old tool that organizes the Internet resources in a hierarchical menus from which you select the Internet resources that you want to access.
Hierarchical structure (p. 2.11) Like the pyramid, the hierarchical structure starts with a general topic then go further in more specific topics.
HTTP (p. 2.25) Hypertext Transfer Protocol is the protocol that web pages use to communicate.
Linear structure (p. 2.10) organization of web pages in a page to page chain order that only have links to the next page or the previous page.
Newsgroups (p. 2.27) is the specific topics that Usenet offers. 
Path (p. 2.21) file’s location. 
Relative path (p. 2.22) only gives the file’s location to the current Web document and not necessarily the exact location such as on the server. 
Storyboarding(p. 2.10) A technique used to plan out the links in a system of Web pages, that is step by step on paper perhaps.  
URL (p. 2.23) Uniform Resource Locator gives the file’s location on the Web. 
USENET (p. 2.27) is a collection of discussion forums. 

8. By Monday evening, add your name to the page, print the source, place your work on oscar, link to it from your home page and test it with both browsers.

·What other things have you learned about this topic? 
·What were the most important things you learned about this topic? 
·What is still unclear about this topic? 
·How can you clarify what is still unclear about this topic? 

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