my directory is shaped like this image
in order to use my navbar between different html files, I made it into a seperate html file and use a placeholder to insert it where i need it. the problem is that now the links get thrown off.
for example: when im on the index file, the link <a href="index.html"></a> works without a problem. however, when im in the about_us file, the link <a href="index.html"></a> throws a cannot find in directory error because it would need ../ in front of the link.
any javascript I have also does not work for the nav.html.
any suggestions? is there a way to create links and start the directory from the root?
To navigate to the correct HTML file, you have to pass the full path of the HTML file.
For eg: If your application is running in https://localhost:8080 than you have to pass the full path as below:
<a href="http://localhost:8080/root/index.html">Home</a>
<a href="http://localhost:8080/root/html-files/about_us.html">About Us</a>
Or if you directly opening the HTML file in your browser without any server, than pass the full path of your project folder as below:
<a href="file:///C:/Users/.../your-project-name/root/index.html">Home</a>
<a href="file:///C:/Users/.../your-project-name/root/html-files/about_us.html">About Us</a>
Note: Always use the file or folder name with a hyphen - or underscore _.
For eg: instead of html files rename your folder name as html_files or html-files.