HTML File Paths
A file path describes the location of a file in a web site's folder structure.
File paths are used when linking to external files, like:
Web pages
Images
Style sheets
JavaScript
Absolute File Paths
An absolute file path is the full URL to a file
Example
<img src="https://www.w3schools.com/images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">
Relative File Paths
A relative file path points to a file relative to the current page.
Example:
<img src="/images/picture.jpg" alt="Mountain">
This example shows that the file path points to a file in the images folder located in the current folder.
The HTML Element
The <head> element is a container for metadata (data about data) and is placed between the <html> tag and the <body> tag.
The HTML <head> element is a container for the following elements: <title>, <style>, <meta>, <link>, <script>, and <base>.
The HTML Element
The <title> element defines the title of the document. The title must be text-only
The <title> element is required in HTML documents
The <title> element:
defines a title in the browser
provides a title for the page
displays a title for the page in search engine-results
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>A Meaningful Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document
</body>
</html>
The HTML <style> Element
The <style> element is used to define style information for a single HTML page
Example
<style>
body {background-color: powderblue;}
h1 {color: red;}
p {color: blue;}
</style>
The HTML <link> Element
The <link> element defines the relationship between the current document and an external resource.
The <link> tag is most often used to link to external style sheets.
Example
`<link rel="stylesheet" href="mystyle.css">`
The HTML <meta> Element
The <meta> element is typically used to specify the character set, page description, keywords, author of the document, and viewport settings.
Examples
Define the character set used:
<meta charset="UTF-8">
Example of <meta> tags:
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials">
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML, CSS, JavaScript">
<meta name="author" content="John Doe">
The HTML <script> Element
The <script> element is used to define client-side JavaScript.
Example
<script>
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Hello JavaScript!";
}
</script>
The HTML <base> Element
The <base> element specifies the base URL
Example:
<head>
<base href="https://www.w3schools.com/" target="_blank">
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/stickman.gif" width="24" height="39" alt="Stickman">
<a href="tags/tag_base.asp">HTML base Tag</a>
</body>
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