Don't want viewers to have to type in .htm to access awebpage

Hi all,

I'm putting together a webpage for a specific population. That population
will need to type into the URL field something like booboo.com/boo. So
there's a slash, and then there's the boo.

But when I upload the webpage and then try to find it via booboo.com/boo, it
doesn't exist. it only exists if I type in booboo.com/boo.htm.

I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible for the viewers, any way to change
this so they don't have to do that?

Thanks,

Alexy han

booboo.com is your domain name.

boo is a folder

To see a web page at booboo.com/boo, put a file with a default file name in
the boo folder. The default file name depends on your server but try calling
it index.htm or default.htm

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Regards

John Waller

So John, what you are saying is that if I want to have the extensions
removed, what I have to do is create a sub-folder and then create an index
file for it? So if I have a site with 100 page, I would have 100
sub-folders with 100 index files? (Provided index is the method used by the
host).


"John Waller" <johnw (AT) REMOVETHISpinnacleweb (DOT) com.au> wrote

booboo.com is your domain name.

boo is a folder

To see a web page at booboo.com/boo, put a file with a default file name
in the boo folder. The default file name depends on your server but try
calling it index.htm or default.htm

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Regards

John Waller

Read up on "extensionless URLs" to find out how to run without any
extensions and without having to use individual subfolders for every file.

Google has lots of lots of results for that search -- you'll need to look
for info specific to your webserver platform to find out exactly how to do
it.

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Sonjay


On 3/3/09 4:33 PM, "GPaul" wrote:

So John, what you are saying is that if I want to have the extensions
removed, what I have to do is create a sub-folder and then create an index
file for it? So if I have a site with 100 page, I would have 100
sub-folders with 100 index files? (Provided index is the method used by the
host).


"John Waller" <johnw (AT) REMOVETHISpinnacleweb (DOT) com.au> wrote in message
news:gok66t$qbp$1 (AT) forums (DOT) macromedia.com...
booboo.com is your domain name.

boo is a folder

To see a web page at booboo.com/boo, put a file with a default file name
in the boo folder. The default file name depends on your server but try
calling it index.htm or default.htm

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Regards

John Waller

So John, what you are saying is that if I want to have the extensions
removed, what I have to do is create a sub-folder and then create an index
file for it?

It's one option for a simple scenario.

So if I have a site with 100 page, I would have 100 sub-folders with 100
index files? (Provided index is the method used by the host).

I wouldn't regard that as practical. An extension-less method would be
preferable in that scenario.


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Regards

John Waller

Hi all,

Thanks for responding so quickly!

I got my answer. I just have the one webpage, not 100 webpages, so I'm more
than happy with the advice.

I will try your recommendations out tomorrow and get back to you.

Thanks!!

Alexy

Thanks John. I dont have a need for it, I was just trying to clarify...I
had always wondered how they did it (I guess just not enough to investigate
though).

Thanks

Gary
"John Waller" <johnw (AT) REMOVETHISpinnacleweb (DOT) com.au> wrote

So John, what you are saying is that if I want to have the extensions
removed, what I have to do is create a sub-folder and then create an
index file for it?

It's one option for a simple scenario.

So if I have a site with 100 page, I would have 100 sub-folders with 100
index files? (Provided index is the method used by the host).

I wouldn't regard that as practical. An extension-less method would be
preferable in that scenario.


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Regards

John Waller

..oO(alexy_han)

Thanks for responding so quickly!

I got my answer. I just have the one webpage, not 100 webpages, so I'm more
than happy with the advice.

Note that the directory method is not exactly the same as an "extension-
less" URL. Instead of a file extension you now need a trailing slash:

Before: http://example.com/page.html
After: http://example.com/page/

Micha

Instead of a file extension you now need a trailing slash:

Before: http://example.com/page.html
After: http://example.com/page/

Don't browsers add the trailing slash automatically?

If you point to: http://example.com/page you get
http://example.com/page/index.htm?

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Regards

John Waller

On 03 Mar 2009 in macromedia.dreamweaver, John Waller wrote:

Instead of a file extension you now need a trailing slash:
Before: http://example.com/page.html
After: http://example.com/page/

Don't browsers add the trailing slash automatically?

If you point to: http://example.com/page you get
http://example.com/page/index.htm?

Actually, no; it's done at the server level. You'll see something
that looks like this in your logs:

10.10.29.5 - - [04/Mar/2009:05:49:53 -0500] "GET /page HTTP/1.1" 301 315 "-"
10.10.29.5 - - [04/Mar/2009:05:49:53 -0500] "GET /page/ HTTP/1.1" 200 4325 "-"

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