Revised: September 11, 2001  

Linking Exercise

Do the following in Notepad or its equivalent.  When you are done, FTP the files to the NOVA student web server or wherever else you choose.  If this address is different than shown on the class page, email the instructor with the address.  All the links you create below must be relative links.

1. Create a file named index.html in the root (i.e., top level) directory of your floppy or folder that you will use for work in this class.  (For all files in this class, you may use an .htm extension if you prefer.)  This file will contain links to the homework exercises and projects you do in this class.  (1) In this file, create a link "homework 1" to another file also named index.html   (1) This latter file (the one you are linking to) should be in a folder named hw1. (1)  Thus you will have two index.html files, one in the root directory and one inside the hw1 folder.

2. Create a file named about.html in the hw1 folder.  The index.html file in the hw1 folder should contain a link to the about.html file. (1)

3.  Create a folder named reference within the hw1 folder and create a file named sources.html in the reference folder. (1)

4. Create a folder named newsletter within the hw1 folder and create a file named may.html in the newsletter folder. (1)

5. The index.html file in the hw1 folder should contain a link to the sources.html file in the reference folder..(1)

6. The sources.html file should contain a link to the index.html file in the hw1 folder. (1)

7. The sources.html file should contain a link to the may.html file in the newsletter folder. (1)

8. The sources.html file should contain a link to the index.html file that is outside of the hw1 folder, i.e. to the index.html file you created initially in step 1 that will link to all your homework assignments in this class. (1)

Hint: Rather than type each file from scratch, use "save as" or "cut and paste" techniques to create the beginnings of the other files.