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Alex Horsewell
832 PointsI feel that the root relative paths are badly explained. Can anyone help me to understand how they work?
I just want a simple explanation of how to use them.
2 Answers
Juthawong Naisanguansee
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 80,724 PointsHello Alex,
I don't know whether I can clarify or making it more confuse but I'll try.
The Absolute Path using look like this :
http://www.example.com/alexhorsewell/index.html
The Site Root use the first slash as the root path aka ( http://www.example.com ). So you end up with only :
/alexhorsewell/index.html
Why not use Absolute Path Instead ?
You can but sometimes when developing a framework or huge website that change often. The Site-Root may be better alternative due to it is more maintainable.
For More Information :
https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/linking-navigation.html
Edit :
A Simple Example of Absolute Path Compared To Relative Path
<a href='http://www.teamtreehouse.com/community'>Treehouse Community</a>
You can simply which will go to "community" relative to site-root "http://www.teamtreehouse.com"
<a href='/community'>Treehouse Community</a>
Thankss
Alex Horsewell
832 PointsThankyou, I believe that I have corrected the issue on my end. However the actual course seems to be broken? Maybe...