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This week's homework assignment focuses on some of Dream Weaver's operation basics.
What is the difference between a relative and absolute URL? Please give an example of each.
The difference between a relative and absolute URL is that an absolute URL points directly to the source of a site whereas a relative URL points only to a portion of the sources URL, relative to the sources location to the page the link is on. To help clarify this is a more in depth description of each type of URL below.
Absolute Links
An absolute link is usually used for domains not located within your domain. An absolute link will show a links entire URL.
The following link; http://webdesign.about.com/od/beginningtutorials/a/aa040502a.htm is a link to a good article explaining the difference between an Absolute link and Relative link as well as an example of what an absolute URL is.
A relative link is used for domains within your domain and their presentation depends upon where the page that the link is located on is within the site.
The following link; homeworkweektwo.html is a link to a page within this site and an example of a Relative Link. As you can see only part of the linked page's source is used for the link.
What is the advantage of managing files, i.e. renaming, moving, and deleting files, through Dreamweaver's Files Panel?
The File Panel in Dreamweaver
The advantage of managing files through the files panel is that you can manage tasks quicker and are less likely to mess up the infrastructure of your site. The File Panel also makes it very convenient to see and understand your sites architecture.
What is the significance of a page named index.html?
The index page is significant because it is the page that the Web Browser loads automatically when a visitor goes to your site.
What DOCTYPE should you be using for your pages?
You want to be using the "XHTML 1.0 Transitional" DOCTYPE
Why is <em> and <strong> preferred over <b> and <i>?
The <em> and <strong> tags are preferred over the <b> and <i> tags because today there is a push in web design to sperate content from presentation. Since the bold and italic properties pertain to the content of an object designers should use the <em> and <strong> tags over the <b> and <i> tags tag the text