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Index of Subjects > It appears that not enough '../'s were used and the "/Policy" directory > wasn't removed from the path obtained from the referring page. i dislike ../'s > > Perhaps, instead of "../../../" (bad) or "../../../../" (better), it > would be safer to code the full path by using a leading "/" as in > > English > > as the welcome page would (presumably) always be using the "http" URL > and never the "file://localhost/..." one or, even safer, code the > fully-qualified path: > > English I don't know if i understand why this isn't the method used now. I cannot see any reason for the use of ../'s > > I am also wondering why the background icon and the <font ...> tag is > used here when the only people to access the welcome page are those > logged in to CCN with lynx -- or do 'outsiders' also get to see the > "Featured IP" page as well? maybe its for those of us with graphical lynx. :P my guess is that old habits die hard, or it was made with frontpage or the like and they used a template with font and background allready selected. > <body background="../../../Icons/paper.gif"> again with the ../'s!! Joe > > Norman De Forest http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/Profile.html > af380@chebucto.ns.ca [=||=] (A Speech Friendly Site) > ......................................................................... > "I'd offer to change your mind for you, but I don't have a fresh diaper." > -- Leah to pro-spammer in news.admin.net-abuse.email > ......................................................................... > Spammers, see: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/Profile.html#Contact > Spammees, see: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/Antispam.html > >
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