Howland, You give too little information to be certain. The main URL is that of the Home Page (often ~/index.html). It is the main URL because it should always have the same name. Take my site http://www.fergys.co.uk/index.php is my Home page but I would express it as http://www.fergys.co.uk/ when using it as the URL for the main page, because a browser will always look for "index". Not including "index.html" means that you can change the extension of the Home page and the link will still work (I changed mine from html to php a while back).
Now if the page on which the detail I am citing is, say, my own page in the pedigree pages on the above site then the URL is http://www.fergys.co.uk/genealogy/1.php. Unlike the main URL this can change, for example I may change the folder in which I hold my pedigree pages, in which case the URL would fail and you would be taken to an Error Page. So, to accurately state a URL it is necessary to cite both the main URL and the page URL, the former so that if the latter fails one can search from the Home Page. Doesn't help if the page has been deleted though <grin> Ron Ferguson _____________________________________________________ *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth http://www.fergys.co.uk/ Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw And the Fergusons of N.W. England ____________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: 08 June 2010 22:22 Subject: [LegacyUG] Main URL In using SourceWriter and sourcing a web site, I am asked to put in the main URL. If my entire URL is http://www.seacoastnh.com/women/thaxter.html , is that what I put in or do I write in only to the first / or something else? I know that I can put in whatever I want but be consistent, etc., but what are your thoughts on what the main URL is? Howland Davis Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
