Relative Links

Info Question

[zulufox]

My site has ALL non-relative links:

[widget.com...]

However I heard that relative links are better...

1. How do I make a link (such as the one above) relative

2. On a ASP website, what are the advantages of relative links?

Thanks!

[jbinbpt]

Hi zulufox,
The links will work either way. This thread give some insight into the subject Links [webmasterworld.com].

The asp guestion, you might want to toss into the asp forum.

jb

[hanuman]

I will stay with ALL absolute urls. if you teach your self clean authoring styles, and all your links are absolute to the root, you will have much easier life maintaining you site on the long run. i strongly recommend to stay away from relative links.

[JamesR]

heh, I actually have started to use relative links much more. It makes offsite testing and development easier for me. You just have to have a clearly defined structure and know where you are at to avoid a bit of a mess.

Using your example above, <a href="/goodies/buyme.htm"> is an example of a relative link. The browser will fill in the protocol (http://) and domain name for you.