Use a 'variable' to avoid repeatedly typing URLs?

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:46:05 -0500 from Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net>:

John U. wrote:
Here is a common problem: I have many (> 100) links on a web page,
all pointing to different pages on the same domain (e.g., "http://
www.x12345.com/").

This is a bother because (1) it takes a lot of typing, and (2) more
importantly, if (or when) the main URL changes, it takes a lot of work
to update the links.

Any text editor--even Windows Notepad--has a search-and-replace feature
that will change the domain for you in a single operation.

In one file at a time. You have to open every file and repeat the
search and replace.

I think that qualifies as "a lot of work".

However, there should be *very* few occurrences of the domain name in
the HTML for a properly constructed site. The link to your home
page, from within the site, should be href="/" and not
href="http://www.example.com".

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Stan Brown wrote:

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:46:05 -0500 from Harlan Messinger
hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net>:
John U. wrote:
Here is a common problem: I have many (> 100) links on a web page,
all pointing to different pages on the same domain (e.g., "http://
www.x12345.com/").

This is a bother because (1) it takes a lot of typing, and (2) more
importantly, if (or when) the main URL changes, it takes a lot of work
to update the links.
Any text editor--even Windows Notepad--has a search-and-replace feature
that will change the domain for you in a single operation.

In one file at a time. You have to open every file and repeat the
search and replace.

I think that qualifies as "a lot of work".

1. The writer said he has many links on "a" web page.

2. Many text editors allow batch replacement in a collection of files.

3. http://www.orbit.org/replace/.

However, there should be *very* few occurrences of the domain name in
the HTML for a properly constructed site. The link to your home
page, from within the site, should be href="/" and not
href="http://www.example.com".

That's what I said.

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:58:18 -0500 from Harlan Messinger
<hmessinger.removethis (AT) comcast (DOT) net>:

That's what I said.

So you did -- I apologize for missing it when I crafted my response.

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