On Wed, 9 Jun 2010 00:35:59 +0100, "Ron Ferguson" <[email protected]> wrote:
>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). Putting my nerd's hat on... I don't think this is a function of the browser (but who knows how they have been coded). There is actually a directive in Apache's httpd.conf for this: DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.shtml index.php So whenever a request is made to a web server directory sans filename, the server will try to serve the page using the DirectoryIndex directive. In other words, it is server dependent. For all I know, servers in a non-English speaking country might use their word for "index" in the directive. But to keep this on topic, I would recommend doing as Ron suggests ... use http://www.fergys.co.uk/. And if the page is in a sub-directory, use http://www.fergys.co.uk/genealogy/ without the sub-directory's index page (assuming there is one). -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools 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
