Summary 5 - Chapter 4 & 13

Topic 1 - Absolute URLs verse Relative URLs

A link uses the a tag. An absolute URL is used when the link is taking a person to a new website. The full URL is included in the href attribute. An example would be http://www.svsu.edu. A relative URL is when the link is taking a person to a new page within the same website. This would be when someone clicks on the contact us section of a website. Instead of writing the whole URL a shorthand is used. An example would be contact.html.

Topic 2 - Box sizes and overflow

A box's dimensions can be defined by setting the property of width or height. A person can also limit the height or width by using the max or min property. By setting a max or min of a box this can lead to content in the box going out of the box itself. This is when a person would use the overflow property. This will determine what happens to the contents that are outside the box. This could mean that the content can be hidden from view or a scroll can appear in the box so the viewer knows there is more content to see.

Topic 3 - Different types of border properties

A border can be added to boxes as a style. The different types of borders to choose from are solid, dotted, dashed, double, groove, ridge, inset, outset, or none. A person can also change the color of each side of a border. An image can become a border as well. To get rounded corners on a box is also a border property. This would be the border radius and each corner can have a different percentage.