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`5.2.
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`Inserting Images in Your Documents
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`Figure 5-8. Image integrated with text
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`5.2.6.2. The lowsrc attribute
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`To the benefit of users, particularly those with slow Internet connections, Netscape
`provides the lowsre companion to the src attribute in the <img> tag as a way to
`speed up document rendering. The lowsrc attribute’s value, like src, is the URL
`of an image file that the browser loads and displays when it first encounters the
`<img> tag. When the document has been completely loaded and can be read by
`the user, Netscape retrieves the image specified by the sre attribute.
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`The lowsre image is a low-resolution, abbreviated version of the final src image
`that loads faster by comparison to quickly give the reader an idea of its content
`until the final, higher-resolution image eventually replaces it onscreen. But the
`lowsrceattribute can also be used for some very special effects.
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`Netscape uses the lowsre image’s dimensions to reserve space in the document
`for both the lowsre and src images, unless you explicitly allocate that space with
`the height and width attributes described later in this chapter. Hence,
`if the
`dimensions of the image specified in the sre attribute are different than those for
`the lowsre image or your explicitly included height and width values, the src
`image will be reduced, enlarged, stretched, or compressed to fit in the allotted
`space. Moreover, the lowsre and src images needn't be identical, so you might
`take advantage of the delayed rendering of the src image for simple animation.
`The lowsreattribute is for Netscape only. Other browsers ignore it and only load ~
`the image specified by the src attribute. Netscape won't load either image if the
`user chooses not to auto-load images. In that case, both images will load in order
`whenthe userclicks the images button or clicks the image icon placeholder. No
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`browser loads the lowsre image only; you must include a src image, otherwise
`nothing will appear except the missing image icon.
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`5.2.6.3. The alt and longdesc attributes
`‘The alt attribute specifies alternative text the browser may showif image display
`is not possible or disabled by the user. It’s an option, but one we highly recom-
`‘mend you exercise for most images in your document, This way,if the image is
`notavailable, the userstill has someindication of whatit is that’s missing.
`In addition, the latest browsers display the alternative description in a text box
`when users pass their mouse over the image. Accordingly, you might embed short,
`parenthetical information that Pops up whenusers pass over a small, inline icon,
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`such as shownin Figure 5-9,
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`The value for the alt attribute is a text string of up to 1024 characters if you
`include spaces or other punctuation. The string must be enclosed in quotation
`marks, The alternative text may contain entity references to special characters, but
`it may not contain any other sort of markup;
`in particular, no style tags are
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`allowed.
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`Graphical browsers don’t normally display the alt attribute if the image is avail-
`able and the user has enabled picture downloading. Otherwise, they insert the alt
`attribute’s text as a label next to an image placeholder icon. Well-chosen alt labels
`thereby additionally support those users with a graphical browser who have dis-
`abled their automatic image download because of a slow connection to the Web.
`Nongraphical, text-only browserslike Lynx put the alt text directly into the con-
`tent flow just like any other text element. So, when used effectively, the alt tag
`sometimes cantransparently substitute for missing images, (Your text-only browser
`users will appreciate not being constantly reminded of their second-class webciti-
`zenship.) For example, consider using an asterisk as the alt attribute alternative to
`a special bullet icon:
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`« Hypertext Basics
`* Referencing
`Documents: The URL
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`* Creating Hyperlinks
`* Creating Effective
`Links
`* Mouse-Sensitive
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`Images
`* Creating Searchable
`Documents
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`¢ Relationships
`© Supporting
`Document
`Automation
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`Links and Webs
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`Up to this point, we’ve dealt with HTML and XHTML documents as standalone
`entities, concentrating on the language elements you use for structure and to for-
`mat your work. The true power of these markup languages, however, lies in their
`ability to join collections of documents together into a full library of information
`and to link your library of documents with other collections around the world. Just
`as readers have considerable control over how the document looks onscreen, with
`hyperlinks they also have control over the order of presentation as they navigate
`through your information. It’s the “HT” in HTML and XHTML—hypertext—andit’s
`the twist that spins the Web.
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`6.1. Hypertext Basics
`A fundamental feature of hypertext is that you can hyperlink documents, you can
`point to another place inside the current document, inside another document in
`the local collection, or inside a document anywhere on the Internet. The docu-
`ments become an intricately woven web of information. (Get the name analogy
`now?) The target documentis usually somehowrelated to and enriches the source;
`the linking element in the source should conveythat relationship to the reader.
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`Hyperlinks can be used for all kinds of effects. They can be used inside tables of
`contents andlists of topics. With a click of the mouse on their browser screen or a
`press of a key on their keyboard, readers select and automatically jump to a topic
`of interest in the same document or to another document located in an entirely
`different collection somewhere around the world.
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`Hyperlinks also point readers to more information about a mentioned topic. “For
`more information, see Kumquats on Parade,” for example. Authors use hyperlinks
`to reduce repetitive information. For instance, we recommend you sign your name
`to each of your documents. Rather than include full contact information in each
`document, a hyperlink connects your name to a single place that contains your
`address, phone number, and soforth.
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`A hyperlink, or anchor in standard parlance, is marked by the <a> tag and comes in
`two flavors. As we describe in detail later, one type of anchor creates a hot spot in
`the documentthat, when activated and selected (usually with a mouse) by the user,
`causes the browserto link. It automatically loads and displays another portion of the
`same or another document altogether, or triggers some Internet service-related
`action, such as sending email or downloading a special file. The other type of
`anchorcreates a label, a place in a documentthat can be referenced as a hyperlink.
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`There also are some mouse-related events associated with hyperlinks, which,
`through JavaScript, let you incorporate some exciting effects.
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`6.2. Referencing Documents: The URL
`As we discussed earlier, every document on the World Wide Web has a unique
`address. (Imagine the chaos if they didn’t.) The document’s address is known as
`its uniform resource locator (URL).+
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`Several tags include a URL attribute value, including hyperlinks, inline images, and
`forms. All use the same URL syntax to specify the location of a web resource,
`regardless of the type or content of that resource. That’s whyit’s known as a uni-
`form resource locator.
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`Since they can be used to represent almost any resource on the Internet, URLs
`come in a variety of flavors. All URLs, however, have the same top-level syntax:
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`scheme: scheme_specific_part
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`The scheme describes the kind of object the URL references; the scheme_specific_
`part is, well, the part that is peculiar to the specific scheme. The important thing to
`note is that the scheme is always separated from the scheme_specific_part by a
`colon with no intervening spaces.
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`* Both types of anchors use the same tag; perhapsthat’s why they have the same name. Wefindit’s easier
`if you differentiate them and think of the onetype that provides the hotspot and address of a hyperlink
`as the “link,” and the other type that marks the target portion of a documentas the “anchor.”
`+ “URL” usually is pronounced “you are ell,” not “earl.”
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`6.2.1. Writing a URL
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`Write URLs using the displayable characters in the US-ASCII character set. For
`example, surely you have heard what has become annoyingly common on the
`radio for an announced business website, “h,
`t, t, p, colon, slash, slash, w, w, w,
`dot, blah-blah, dot, com.” That’s a simple URL, written:
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`http://www. blah-blah.com
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`If you need to use a character in a URL that is not part of this character set, you
`must encode the character using a special notation. The encoding notation
`replaces the desired character with three characters: a percent sign and two hexa-
`decimal digits whose value corresponds to the position of the character in the
`ASCIcharacter set.
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`This is easier than it sounds. One of the most common special characters is the
`space (Macintosh owners, take special notice), whose position in the character set
`is 20 hexadecimal. You can’t type a space in a URL (well, you can, but it won't
`work). Rather, replace spaces in the URL with %20:
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`http://www. kumquat .com/new%20pricing. html
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`This URL actually retrieves
`www.kumquat.com server.
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`a document named new pricing.btml from the
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`6.2.1.1. Handling reserved and unsafe characters
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`In addition to the nonprinting characters, you’ll need to encode reserved and
`unsafe characters in your URLs as well.
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`Reserved characters are those that have a specific meaning within the URLitself.
`For example, the slash character separates elements of a pathname within a URL.
`If you need to include a slash in a URL that is not intended to be an element sepa-
`rator, you'll need to encode it as $2F:*
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`http: //www.calculator.com/compute?3%2f4
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`This URL actually references the resource named compute on the www.calcula-
`tor.com server and passes the string 3/4 to it, as delineated by the question mark
`(?). Presumably, the resource is a server-side program that performs some arith-
`metic function on the passed value and returns a result.
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`Unsafe characters are those that have no special meaning within the URL, but may
`have a special meaning in the context in which the URL is written. For example,
`double quotes ("") delimit URL attribute values in tags. If you were to include a
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`* Hexadecimal numbering is based on 16 characters: 0 through 9 followed by A through F, which in dec-
`imal are equivalent to values 0 through 15. Also, letter case for these extended values is not significant;
`“a” (10 decimal) is the same as “A”, for example.
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`double quotation mark directly in a URL, you would probably confuse the
`browser. Instead, you should encode the double quotation mark as %22 to avoid
`any possible conflict.
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`Other reserved and unsafe characters that should always be encoded are shown in
`Table 6-1.
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`Table 6-1. Reserved and Unsafe Characters and Their URL Encodings
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`Character
`Description
`Usage
`Encoding
`;
`Semicolon
`Reserved
`%3B
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`/
`
`?
`:
`
`@
`
`=
`&
`
`<
`
`>
`i
`#
`%
`
`{
`}
`|
`\
`
`a
`
`~
`
`[
`]
`.
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`Slash
`
`Question mark
`Colon
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`At sign
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`Equal sign
`Ampersand
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`Less than sign
`
`Greater than sign
`Double quotation mark
`Hash symbol
`Percent
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`Left curly brace
`Right curly brace
`Vertical bar
`Backslash
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`Caret
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`Tilde
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`Left square bracket
`Right square bracket
`Back single quotation mark
`
`Reserved
`
`Reserved
`Reserved
`
`Reserved
`
`Reserved
`Reserved
`
`Unsafe
`
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`
`Unsafe
`
`Unsafe
`
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
`Unsafe
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`%2F
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`$3F
`%3A
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`%40
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`%3D
`%26
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`%3C
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`%3E
`%22
`$23
`%25
`
`%7B
`%7D
`SIC
`%5C
`
`$5E
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`STE
`
`%5B
`%5D
`%60
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`In general, you should always encode a character if there is some doubt as to
`whether it can be placed as-is in a URL. As a rule of thumb, any character other
`than a letter, number, or any of the characters $-_.+!*'() should be encoded.
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`It is never an error to encode a character, unless that character has a specific mean-
`ing in the URL. For example, encoding the slashes in an http URL causes them to
`be used as regular characters, not as pathnamedelimiters, breaking the URL.
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`6.2.2. The http URL
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`The http URL is by far the most common within the World Wide Web.It is used to
`access documents from a web server, and it has two formats:
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`http: //server:port/path# fragment
`http: //server:port/path? search
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`Some of the parts are optional. In fact, the most common form of the http URL is
`simply like this:
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`http: //server/path
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`which designates the unique server and the directory path and name of a document.
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`6.2.2.1. The bttp server
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`The server is the unique Internet name or Internet Protocol (IP) numerical address
`of the computer system that stores the web resource. We suspect you'll mostly use
`more easily remembered Internet names for the servers in your URLs.” The name
`consists of several parts,
`including the server’s actual name and the successive
`names of its network domain, each part separated by a period. Typical Internet
`nameslook like www.oreilly.com or hooboo.ncsa.uiuc.edut
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`It has become something of a convention that webmasters name their servers www
`for quick and easy identification on the Web. For instance, O’Reilly & Associates’
`web server's name is www, which, along with the publishers domain name,
`becomes the very easily remembered web site www.oreilly.com. Similarly, Sun
`Microsystems’ web server
`is named www.sun.com; Apple Computer's
`is
`www.apple.com, and even Microsoft makes their web server easily memorable as
`www.microsoft.com. The naming convention has very obvious benefits, which
`you, too, should take advantage of if you are called upon to create a web server
`for your organization.
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`You may also specify the address of a server using its numerical IP address. The
`address is a sequence of four numbers, zero to 255, separated by periods. Valid IP
`addresses look like 137.237.1.87 or 192.249.1.33.
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`*
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`Each Internet-connected computer has a unique address, a numeric UIP) address, of course, because
`computers deal only in numbers. Humans prefer names, so the Internet folks provide us with a collec-
`tion of special servers and software (Domain Name System or DNS) that automatically resolve Internet
`names into IP addresses. InterNIC, a nonprofit agency, registers domain names mostly onafirst-come,
`first-serve basis, and distributes new names to DNSservers worldwide.
`+ The three-letter suffix of the domain nameidentifies the type of organization or business that operates
`that portion of the Internet. For instance, “com” is a commercial enterprise; “edu” is an academic insti-
`tution; and “gov” identifies a government-based domain. Outside the United States, a less-descriptive
`suffix is often assigned, typically. a two-letter abbreviation of the country name such as “jp” for Japan
`and “de” for Deutschland. Many organizations around the world now use the generic three-letter suf-
`fixes in place of the more conventional two-letter national suffixes.
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`It'd be a dull diversion to tell you now what the numbers mean or how to derive
`an IP address from a domain name, particularly since you’ll rarely if ever use one
`in a URL. Rather, this is a good place to hyperlink: pick up any good Internet net-
`working treatise for rigorous detail on IP addressing, such as Ed Krol’s The Whole
`Internet User’s Guide and Catalog (O'Reilly & Associates).
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`6.2.2.2. The http port
`
`The port is the number of the communication port to which the client browser
`connects to the server.
`It’s a networking thing: servers perform many functions
`besides serve up web documents and resources to client browsers: electronic mail,
`FTP documentfetches, filesystem sharing, and so on. Although all that network
`activity may come into the server on a single wire, it’s typically divided into soft-
`ware-managed “ports” for service-specific communications—something analogous
`to boxes at your local post office.
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`The default URL port for web servers is 80. Special secure web servers (Secure
`HTTP, SHTTP or Secure Socket Layer, SSL) run on port 443. Most web servers
`today use port 80; you need to include a port number along with an immediately
`preceding colon in your URL if the target server does not use port 80 for web
`communication.
`
`When the Web wasin its infancy, pioneer webmasters ran their Wild Wild Web
`connections on all sorts of port numbers. For technical and security reasons, sys-
`tem-administrator privileges are required to install a server on port 80. Lacking such
`privileges, these webmasters chose other, more easily accessible, port numbers.
`
`Now that web servers have become acceptable and are under the care and feed-
`ing of responsible administrators, documents being served on some port other
`than 80 or 443 should make you wonderif that server is really on the up and up.
`Mostlikely, the maverick server is being run by a clever user unbeknownst to the
`server’s bona fide system administrators.
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`6.2.2.3. The bttp path
`
`The document path is the Unix-style hierarchical location of the file in the server's
`storage system. The pathname consists of one or more names separated by
`slashes. All but the last name represent directories leading down to the document;
`the last name is usually that of the documentitself.
`
`It has become a convention that for easy identification, HTML document names
`end with the suffix .btm/ (otherwise they’re plain ASCII
`text files, remember?).
`Although recent versions of Windowsallow longer suffixes, their users often stick
`to the three-letter .btm name suffix for HTML documents.
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`Although the server name in a URL is not case-sensitive, the document pathname
`may be. Since most web servers are run on Unix-based systems and Unix file
`namesare case-sensitive, the document pathname will be case-sensitive, too. Web
`servers running on Windows machines are not case-sensitive, so the document
`pathnameis not, but since it
`is impossible to know the operating system of the
`server you are accessing, always assume that the server has case-sensitive path-
`namesandtake care to get the case correct when typing your URLs.
`
`Certain conventions regarding the document pathnamehavearisen.If the last ele-
`ment of the document path is a directory, not a single document, the server usu-
`ally will send back either a listing of the directory contents or the HTML index
`document in that directory. You should end the document name for a directory
`with a trailing slash character, but in practice, most servers will honor the request
`even if the character is omitted.
`
`If the directory name is just a slash alone or sometimes nothing at all, you will
`retrieve the first (top-level) document or so-called home page in the uppermost
`root directory of the server. Every well-designed http server should have an attrac-
`tive, well-designed “home page”, it’s a shorthand way for users to access your web
`collection since they don’t need to remember the document's actual filename, just
`your server’s name. That’s why, for example, you can type bftp://www.oreilly.com
`into Netscape’s “Open” dialog box and get O’Reilly’s home page.
`
`if the first component of the document path starts with the tilde
`Another twist:
`it means that the rest of the pathname begins from the personal
`character (~),
`directory in the home directory of the specified user on the server machine. For
`instance, the URL bttp./Avww.kumquat.com/~chuck/ would retrieve the top-level
`page from Chuck’s documentcollection.
`
`Different servers have different ways of locating documents within a user’s home
`directory. Many search for the documents in a directory named public_html. Unix-
`based servers are fond of the name index.html for home pages. When all else
`fails, servers tend to cough upthefirst text document in the home pagedirectory.
`
`6.2.2.4. The bttp documentfragment
`
`The fragment is an identifier that points to a specific section of a document. In
`URL specifications,
`it follows the server and pathname and is separated by the
`poundsign (#). A fragment identifier indicates to the browser that it should begin
`displaying the target documentat the indicated fragment name. As we describe in
`more detail later in this chapter, you insert fragment names into a documenteither
`with the universal id tag attribute or with the name attribute for <a> tag. Like
`pathnames, a fragment name may be any sequence of characters.
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`The fragment name and the preceding hash symbol are optional; omit them when
`referencing a document without defined fragments.
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`Formally, the fragment element only applies to HTML or XHTML documents. If the
`target of the URL is some other documenttype, the fragment name may be mis-
`interpreted by the browser.
`
`Fragments are useful for long documents. By identifying key sections of your doc-
`ument with a fragment name, you make it easy for readers to link directly to that
`portion of the document, avoiding the tedium of scrolling or searching through the
`documentto get to the section that interests them.
`
`As a tule of thumb, we recommendthat every section header in your documents
`be accompanied by an equivalent fragment name. By consistently following this
`rule, you'll makeit possible for readers to jump to any section in any of your doc-
`uments. Fragments also make it easier to build tables of contents for your docu-
`ment families.
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`6.2.2.5. The bttp search parameter
`
`The search component of the http URL, along with its preceding question mark, is
`optional. It indicates that the path is a searchable or executable resource on the
`server. The content of the search componentis passed to the server as parameters
`that control the search or execution function.
`
`The actual encoding of parameters in the search component is dependent upon
`the server and the resource being referenced. The parameters for searchable
`resources are covered later in this chapter, when we discuss searchable docu-
`ments. Parameters for executable resources ate discussed in Chapter 9, Forms.
`
`Although ourinitial presentation of http URLs indicated that a URL can haveeither
`a fragment identifier or a search component, some browsers let you use both in a
`single URL. If you so desire, you can follow the search parameter with a fragment
`identifier, telling the browser to begin displaying the results of the search at the
`indicated fragment. Netscape, for example, supports this usage.
`We don’t recommendthis kind of URL, though. First and foremost, it doesn’t work
`on. a lot of browsers. Just as important, using a fragment implies that you are sure
`that the results of the search will have a fragment of that name defined within the
`document. For large document collections, this is hardly likely. You are better off
`omitting the fragment, showing the search results from the beginning of the docu-
`ment, and avoiding potential confusion among your readers.
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`6.2.2.6. Sample bttp URLs
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`Here are some sample http URLs:
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`http://www. oreilly.com/catalog.html
`http: //www.oreilly.com/
`http: //www. kumquat .com: 8080/
`http://www. kumquat .com/planting/guide.html#soil_prep
`http://www. kumquat .com/find_a_quat?state=Florida
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`The first example is an explicit reference to a bona fide HTML document named
`catalog.btmlthat is stored in the root directory of the www.oreilly.com server. The
`second references the top-level home page on that same server. That home page
`may or may not be catalog.btml. Sample three, also, assumes that there is a home
`page in the root directory of the www.kumquat.com server, and that the web con-
`nection is to the nonstandard port 8080.
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`The fourth example is the URL for retrieving the web document named guide.biml
`from the planting directory on the www.kumquat.com server. Once retrieved, the
`browser should display the document beginning at the fragment named soil_prep.
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`The last example invokes an executable resource named /find_a_quat with the
`parameter named state set to the value Florida. Presumably, this resource gener-
`ates an HTMLresponsethat is subsequently displayed by the browser.
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`6.2.3. The javascript URL
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`The javascript URL actually is a pseudo-protocol, not usually included in discus-
`sions of URLs. Yet, with advanced browsers like Netscape and Internet Explorer,
`the javascript URL can be associated with a hyperlink and used to execute Java-
`Script commands whentheuserselects the link. JavaScript URLs, 12.3.4)
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`6.2.3.1. The javascript URL arguments
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`What follows the javascript pseudo-protocol is one or more semicolon-separated
`JavaScript expressions and methods, including references to multi-expression Java-
`Script functions that you embed within the <script> tag in your documents (see
`Chapter 12, Executable Content, for details). For example:
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`javascript :window.alert('Hello, world!')
`javascript:doFlash('red',
`'blue'); window.alert('Do not press me!')
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`are valid URLs that you may include as the value for a link reference (see sections
`6.3.1.2 and 6.5.4.3). The first example contains a single JavaScript method that acti-
`vates an alert dialog with the simple message.
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`The second javascript URL example contains two arguments: the first calls a Java-
`Script function, doFlash, which presumably you have located elsewhere in the
`document within the <script> tag and which perhaps flashes the background
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