INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

3.2 The Internet3.2.2 World Wide Web

3.2.2.3 Web Page Navigation

Topic 3

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Learning Outcome

At the end of this topic, students should be able to:

• Identify different ways of navigation.

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Web Page Navigation

Navigating Web pages:• Most Web pages contain hypertext or hypermedia links.

• A link, short for hyperlink, is a built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page.

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Web Page Navigation

Navigating Web pages:• Links allow you to obtain information in a nonlinear

way.• Surfing the Web, refers to the activity of using links to

explore the Web.• A link can be text or an image. • Text links may be underlined and/or displayed in a

color different from other text on the Web page.

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Web Page Navigation

Navigating Web pages:• Tabbed browsing allows you to open and view

multiple Web pages in a single Web browser window.

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Web Page Navigation

The difference between Hypertext links and Hypermedia links:

Hypertext •Refers to links in text-based documentsor

• It is a text which contains links to other texts

Hypermedia •Combines text-based links with graphic, audio, and video links

or•Contain links not only to other pieces

of text, but also to other forms of media - sounds, images, and movies

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Web Page Navigation

Hypertext linksHypermedia links

QuestionS

1. Define these terminology:a. hyperlinkb. surfingc. text linkd. tabbed browsing

2. Most Web pages contain hypertext and hypermedia links that allow users to obtain information in a nonlinear way. What is the difference between hypertext and hypermedia?

HYPERTEXT HYPERMEDIA