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Week 3 Homework

What is the difference between a relative and absolute URL? Please give an example of each.

An absolute URL points directly to a file. It displays the complete address. An example is http://mysite.com/images/me.jpg. A relative URL points to a file/directory. It only shows a partial address such as images/me.jpg.

What is the advantage of managing files, i.e. renaming, moving, and deleting files, through Dreamweaver's Files Panel?

When you manage your files through the Files Panel it will update the links on your page for you.

What is the significance of a page named index.html?

Index.html becomes the landing page or home page of a website. It is the page that comes up when you just enter the main URL of a site.

What DOCTYPE should you be using for your pages?

XHTML 1.0 transitional.

Why is <em> and <strong> preferred over <b> and <i>?

They perform the same general functions but there is a move in web development to seperate content from presentation. The <em> and <strong> tags are semantic expressions of the text and <b> and <i> are aesthetic expressions. The aesthetics of the content are now being focused towards CSS and not XHTML.