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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Structure the Image Gallery

Edson Mendieta
Edson Mendieta
698 Points
Posted by Edson Mendieta
Edson Mendieta
698 Points

Relative Path

Definition of Relative path provided in Teacher's Notes: "...relative to the file that's being referenced."

In the case of the code we are building in this video, is the file that's being referenced the index.html file or the img folder? I believe it is indeed the index.html file since, it has "file" in it's name and "img" is merely a folder, but I just wanted to make sure to get a firmer grasp of this concept in my head.

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Kelly von Borstel
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 Points
Kelly von Borstel
Kelly von Borstel
28,880 Points

If you are coding in the index.html file, then it's relative to that file. Here's a link to an article about relative and absolute paths: http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/absolute-vs-relative-pathslinks/