Head First HTML with CSS

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Typically the best way to get on the Web is
to find a hosting company to host your Web
pages.
A domain name is a unique name, like
amazon.com or starbuzzcoffee.com, that is
used to identify a site.
A hosting company can create one or more
Web servers in your domain. Servers are
often named “www”.
n The File Transfer Protocol ( FTP) is a common
means of transferring your Web pages and
content to a server.
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FTP applications, like Fetch for Mac or
WS_FTP for Windows, can make using FTP
easier by providing a graphical user interface.
n A URL is a Uniform Resource Locator, or Web
address, that can be used to identify any
resource on the Web.
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A typical URL consists of a protocol, a Web
site name, and an absolute path to the
resource.
HTTP is a request and response protocol
used to transfer Web pages between a Web
server and your browser.
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The file protocol is used by the browser to
read pages from your computer.
An absolute path is the path from the root
folder to a file.
getting connected
n “index.html” and “default.htm” are examples
of default pages. If you specify a directory
without a filename, the Web server will look for
a default page to return to the browser.
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You can use relative paths or URLs in your
element’s href attribute to link to other
Web pages. For other pages in your site, it’s
best to use relative paths, and use URLs for
external links.
Use the id attribute to create a destination
anchor in a page. Use ‘#’ followed by a
destination anchor id to link to that location in
a page.
n To help accessibility, use the title attribute
to provide a description of the link in
elements.
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Use the target attribute to open a link in
another browser window. Don’t forget that
the target attribute can be problematic for
users on a variety of devices and alternative
browsers.
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