Damn people, href="members" is a FILE. href="/members/" is a directory - GoFuckYourself.com

raymor · 03-27-2005, 11:52 PM

Well I'm currently doing a search and replace
on the 3rd site today, fixing thousands
of html pages where the webmaster didn't
know how to come up with a correct URL.
So in case anyone reading this doesn't know,
you'll know now. A link like this tries to find
a FILE called "members":
a href="members"
If you want the index page of a directory called "members/" you need the traling slash:
a href="members/"

Many servers are configured to catch this mistake
and redirect the user back to members/ instead.
In the best case, that means that it generates twice as many hits every time someone loads that page. First they ask for members, then the
server tells them to head over to http://yousite.com/members/
instead, then the browser sends another
request for members/.
In the worst case, it can fuck up a lot of shit.
For example that redirect won't work properly
with most of your anti-hotlinking code
or AVS site .htaccess.
So if you didn't know before, now you know if
you're linking to a directory (to get it's index page)
you must end the URL with a slash (/).

Xplicit · 03-27-2005, 11:54 PM

bringer · 03-27-2005, 11:57 PM

blah blah blah

colpanic · 03-28-2005, 01:35 AM

Well, members could be a cgi script with / as pathinfo.

But I'm just being a pain in the ass, you are 99% right

emthree · 03-28-2005, 01:53 AM

What are you using to mass replace?
I have some shit I need to edit too. I'm thinking of purchasing MTR(Mass Text Replacer)

kaktuz · 03-28-2005, 01:57 AM

how bout text editor?

or its a tgext to replace mass PAGES?

raymor · 03-28-2005, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by emthree

What are you using to mass replace?
I have some shit I need to edit too. I'm thinking of purchasing MTR(Mass Text Replacer)

As a Linux geek, I use:

find members/ -name '*.html' -print -exec perl -i.bak -p -e "s@members"@members/"@ig" {} \;
Adjusted of course for whatever site I'm working on.

Radiate · 03-28-2005, 11:17 AM

tis good info many peeps don't know this

emthree · 03-29-2005, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by raymor

As a Linux geek, I use:

find members/ -name '*.html' -print -exec perl -i.bak -p -e "s@members"@members/"@ig" {} \;
Adjusted of course for whatever site I'm working on.

emthree · 03-29-2005, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kaktuz

how bout text editor?

or its a tgext to replace mass PAGES?

Well, when replacing multiple files most text editors cannot do the trick.
MTR is golden when it comes to replacing multiple lines, across multiple files on Windows. The only downside is the company seems to be undermanaged.

Luc · 03-29-2005, 03:51 PM

what is a file?

03-27-2005, 11:52 PM	#1
raymor Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,745	Damn people, href="members" is a FILE. href="/members/" is a directory Well I'm currently doing a search and replace on the 3rd site today, fixing thousands of html pages where the webmaster didn't know how to come up with a correct URL. So in case anyone reading this doesn't know, you'll know now. A link like this tries to find a FILE called "members": a href="members" If you want the index page of a directory called "members/" you need the traling slash: a href="members/" Many servers are configured to catch this mistake and redirect the user back to members/ instead. In the best case, that means that it generates twice as many hits every time someone loads that page. First they ask for members, then the server tells them to head over to http://yousite.com/members/ instead, then the browser sends another request for members/. In the worst case, it can fuck up a lot of shit. For example that redirect won't work properly with most of your anti-hotlinking code or AVS site .htaccess. So if you didn't know before, now you know if you're linking to a directory (to get it's index page) you must end the URL with a slash (/). __________________ For historical display only. This information is not current: support@bettercgi.com ICQ 7208627 Strongbox - The next generation in site security Throttlebox - The next generation in bandwidth control Clonebox - Backup and disaster recovery on steroids

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