[thelist] web page extensions

[Michael K. Ahn]

That's true.  You specify in your webserver settings, what page to
serve, in the event that someone does not specify an actual page, just a
directory (ie http://www.domain.com/directory/)

Most webservers are configured by default, to look for pages with a
certain name, in the even that a page is not specified.  For example, it
looks for index.html, then index.cgi, default.htm, etc.  If it cannot
find a page to satisfy this condition, you'll get a 404 error, or
perhaps and directory listing denied error.

Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Joslyn [mailto:mark.joslyn at solimarsystems.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:57 PM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: RE: [thelist] web page extensions
>
> So companies that implement this system have a lot of files named
> index.html
> or default.html (one for each directory)? That seems a little
confusing to
> keep naming files the same name.
>
> Am I way off base here?
>
> Thanks,
>
> markJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Norman Bunn
> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:53 PM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] web page extensions
>
>
> The last "no extension" entry is a directory name, not a file name.
When
> presented with just a directory, the web server will access a default
> filename.  Depending on the server setup, this can be index.html,
> index.htm, index.shtml, default.htm, default.html, index.cgi,
> default.asp...
>
> Norman
> www.craftedsolutions.com
>
> At 01:42 PM 7/25/2002, Mark Joslyn wrote:
> >I was just wondering how companies use landing pages in
advertisements
> >without a .html, .htm, etc. extension at the end.
> >
> >My question: How do you set up your pages and/or directory structure
to
> take
> >advantage of being able to use links without extensions? This is
really
> >useful in marketing/advertising pieces.
>
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