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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Creating Links

Erick Martinez
Erick Martinez
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Posted by Erick Martinez
Erick Martinez
2,894 Points

Absolute URL vs Relative URL?

Why not just Absolute URLs all the time? When is it better or more efficient to use a Relative URL?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Besides taking less space, another advantage to relative URL's is that they don't need to be updated if the entire folder structure is moved at a later date.