Ross Gardler wrote: RG> Good point, but this need not be changed unless you want to change the RG> default in every page. One of your use cases was that a non-English site RG> might not want to use index.html, if this were the case then that would RG> be the case for *every* directory wouldn't it?
No, it wouldn't. One common way to make sure a dummy user will find and open the right file to start is to give it a unique and self explaining name such as 'start_by_opening_this_file.html'. To have that name repeated in every directory might work because people tend not to go deeper down the directory tree than they have to but it is certainly not intended. >>>Also from sitemap.xmap: >>> >>> <map:match pattern=""> >>> <map:redirect-to uri="index.html" /> >>> </map:match> >>> <map:match type="regexp" pattern="^.+/$"> >>> <map:redirect-to uri="index.html"/> >>> </map:match> >> >> >> This is more promising since pattern="" will only apply to >> http://myserver and not to http://myserver/mydir (I think). RG> Correct >> Problem is the second pattern for stepping back up directories by >> entering a '..'-URI. It would have to be replaced by two different >> patterns for first level subdirs (use same setting as pattern="") and >> other levels (keep index.html). RG> That's not what the second pattern means. Never draw conclusions in the middle of the night :-) Thanks for explaining that. RG> This will result in the site index page becoming "start-here.html" but RG> all subdirectories defaulting to index.html. >> None of this is nice or easy to do or explain. RG> Is it easier now I have explained it more completely? It is. Thanks for taking the time. Will try to put that into a short comment and a longer faq. -- Ferdinand Soethe
