Web Pages
Web pages are the most commonly linked resource, and for good reason: You can bet that anybody viewing your Web page can view any other Web page, so links to Web pages are a reliable way to provide information. Linking to Web pages also allows your visitors to apply a consistent set of navigation techniques.
URLs pointing to Web pages always begin with the protocol designator http://. The protocol is followed by the Web server hostname, the directory path to the page file, and the actual HTML file of the page:
http://hostname/pathname/file.HTM
In some cases, you can omit the filename. Some Web servers have default files they display automatically whenever someone accesses the server or a directory without specifying a filename. For ...
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