navigation section 2. objectives student will knowhow to navigate through the browser

Navigation

Section 2

Objectives

Student will knowhow to navigate through the browser

The web page address Every web page has a

unique address known as the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) specifying the exact location (the computer) where the web page is located

A URL has distinct parts separated by dots, each part having a special significance

A typical address is, for example, http://www.bbc.co.uk

http:// means Hypertext Transfer Protocol – the rules used by the Internet for sending and receiving data between computers

www means World Wide Web and is in most, but not all, URLs

bbc.co.uk is the domain name, showing the organisation owning the site and it has several parts .co is the type of site, in

this case a UK commercial organisation

.uk is the country code

Al Ittihad Private School-Jumaira Module 7 “Web Browsing and communication”

Amira Mohammed Zedan

Entering an addressYou can go to different web pages by entering an addressClick in the Address bar at the top of the screen – the text will be highlightedType in a URL (e.g. www.payne-gallway.co.uk) and click the Go button or press Enter – the web page will appear



Navigating the Web Most web pages

have links called hypertext links or hyperlinks

These let you jump to another web page within the website, to another place on the same web page or to other websites

When you move the mouse pointer around the screen, its shape changes to a hand when it is over a link

Links are often blue, underlined text, but they may also be pictures



Moving to pages already visited

Click the Back button at top of the screen to go back to the previous page Click the Forward button to take you forward through the pages you have already looked at



Entering an address from the address bar

Click the down-arrow at the end of the address bar to show a list of recently visited URLs

Click one to display the web page

Alternatively, start typing an address in the address bar – if you have recently visited the web page, Internet Explorer will match what you type so you don’t have to type the complete URL

Once you see the address you want, select it on the list



Bookmarking web pages

With the web page you want to bookmark displayed, click the Add to Favorites button and choose Add to Favorites... from the shortcut menu that appears – the Add a Favourite dialogue box is displayedKeep or change the name and folder and click the Add buttonYou can now easily find the bookmarked web page again by clicking the Favorites Center button



The History listInternet Explorer keeps track of all the pages you have visited and when – this is kept in the History listDisplay the Favorites

Center, and click the View History buttonClick a day or week icon

to show the sites visited



Setting and deleting thebrowser historyTo change the time that pages

are kept in history, select Tools, Internet Options to display the Internet Options window

On the General tab, click the Browsing history Settings button to open the Temporary Internet Files and History Settings dialogue box

Set the number of days you want to keep web pages for in the Days to keep pages in history: box, then click OK

Click the Delete… button on the Internet Options window to delete the web page history list



Refreshing and stopping a web pageRefreshing a web page Browsers store the pages

you browse as a cache file on your disk

If you ask for the same page again, it is the stored page that is opened

If you are unsure that you are looking at the latest version of the page or you get a message that a web page cannot be displayed, click the Refresh button to reload the page from the Internet, not from the cache

Stopping a web page downloading

If a page is taking too long to open (this might happens if a page has a lot of pictures or if there is a problem finding the website), click the Stop button



Getting helpClick Help on the main menu, then Contents and Index to open the Windows Internet Explorer Help windowClick a topic (Book icon) to show related itemsClick an item to see the associated help information on the rightYou can also search the help index by entering a keyword



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