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HTML One Solution

Posted by Riley Bergin
Riley Bergin
555 Points

Linking to index.html

Would images/index.html be be accepted as well as../index.html? I understand that ../ means leaving the current folder but as there are other subfolders and I'm not already in "images" how does the computer know that that is where you find index.html?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

The "../" designation refers to the parent folder itself, not another subfolder.

While technically possible, it wouldn't make sense to put an HTML file in the folder named "images".

Riley Bergin
Riley Bergin
555 Points

I thought I understood but I'm still a little confused. The root folder is "practice file pa..." right? Or am I wrong about this? The 'index.html' we start off is in the folder 'images'. So when we leave the 'images' folder and go to the 'pages' folder, when we use"../" is it referring to "practice file pa..."? It turns out I have two questions...thank you for your patience and time.

  1. If not "practice file pa...", what is "../" referring to?
  2. if it is referring to "practice file pa...", when we use "../index.html but we're no longer in the image folder...how does the computer know ../index.html is located in the images subfolder?

Thanks in advance.

Riley Bergin
Riley Bergin
555 Points

Hi, sorry to bother you again. I've just realized that it's under the folder images and not in it. I didn't realize as I thought every separate folder/ document had a little white arrow beside it. My bad. Thanks again.