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Backing all the up to the root folder without multiple ../../

Is there an alternative to having to do something like this:

"../../../../index.html"

when using relative links? According to an article I found on google you can use a / at the start of the link to back all the way up to the root folder, but when I've tried this it doesn't seem to work.

Thanks.

Solution

  • When using a slash you go to the root.

    In Unix you will go to the root of the drive, but when using it on the web it goes to the Document root.

    ANything outside of the document root cannot be accessed by plain HTML.