[thelist] home page max size

Aleem aleem at mindless.com
Thu Dec 13 00:07:43 CST 2001


Isn't it possible for ebay to use mod-rewrite to resolve the issue, so
ebay.com is the same as www.ebay.com or does mod-rewrite only work for
...com/directory ?


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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Erik Mattheis
> Sent: December 13, 2001 12:52 AM
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> Subject: RE: [thelist] home page max size
> 
> 
> One caveat: some browsers get screwed up on cookies, leaving the 
> developer the choice of setting a cookie for .domain.com and 
> www.domain.com - or refreshing to either the www or [no www] and then 
> reading/setting the cookie.
> 
> >  > From: Gerd Baumann <gb at inetwire.com>
> >>
> >>  > don't use it... in fact, refuse to use any site that 
> instead of  > 
> >> accepting the URL without the "www," it *refreshes* me to the  > 
> >> "www"-prepended version...
> >>
> >>  Aardvark, would you care to elaborate or do you have
> >>  any links on this topic? Just interested.
> >
> >go to http://ebay.com/...
> >
> >it displays a page with the URL with the "www," instead of 
> just taking 
> >you to the site... why?
> >
> >i don't type in the "www" anymore... it really isn't 
> needed... back in 
> >the old days, you needed it to get to the right port or 
> machine (since 
> >there could be telnet.foo.com, gopher.foo.com, ftp.foo.com, 
> >mail.foo.com, etc...) because there were so many options, with the 
> >added benefit of knowing the protocol...
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