A URL is basically the web address of a web site or a particular web page or image. It is the text that would you enter in a browser 'address' bar in order to view the web page etc. If you are asked to enter a URL, you must give the full URL i.e. it must begin with http://
Below are some examples of correct URL's:
| http://www.yahoo.com | Yahoo web site URL |
| http://www.yahoo.com/images/logo.gif | An image file |
Below are some examples of incorrect URL's that people sometimes try and use:
| Incorrect URL | What's wrong with it |
| It should begin with http:// | |
| It contains a space. Spaces are not allowed. | |
| This is not a URL at all. It is the location on a computers hard drive where the image file is. If you want people to be able to view an image in their browsers, you need to transfer the image to a web server (a web site). Then you will be able to provide a proper URL, something like: http://www.geocities.com/mywebfiles/image/me.gif |