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filled in the gaps... the symlink is needed for local Lynx access...
dlp
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 00:38:35 -0300 (ADT)
From: < @chebucto.ns.ca>
To: Mark Ronald Rushton <Mark@chebucto.ns.ca>,
"David L. Potter" <potter@chebucto.ns.ca>
Subject: shtml...
Only http will redirect an html page request to its shtml equivalent if
the html version doesn't exist. Localhost won't. For this readon, all
shtml pages require a symlink until the entire CCN website has been
converted. Then a general redirect can be done and all the symlinks
removed.
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Mark Rushton wrote:
>
> (this was originally a direct reply, but after writing it I thought
> it would be relevant to all editors)
>
> David Potter wrote:
> >I've not followed the roll-out, is there a problem with Lynx and
> >the *.shtml pages...?
>
> Hi David,... no, problem with my understanding of how things work!
>
> I have extensively revised the Volunteer Cttee webpages. During
> testing phase, I simply duplicated the filenames, with my new
> versions being distinct only in that they have the .shtml extension.
>
> I had (have!) no idea how the server knows what to serve up: If you
> hit the directory directly (i.e. /Chebucto/Volunteers/ ) then the
> index.html (old) file would load. The old "Committees" section of
> the "about.shtml" page also pointed directly to the
> /Volunteers/index.html page.
>
> I didn't know what the methodology was to force a redirection to the
> new index.shtml file... though through trial and error I see that
> the server automatically loads the .shtml in the absence of any
> .html so no problem. I had thought that there was some
> techie-voodoo stuff that had to happen.
>
> Andrew told me to "just put in a symlink" ... what the hell's a
> symlink? Perhaps we should have a one-day "how to" workshop for the
> Area Editors, put on by the tech cttee ? Wouldn't that transfer of
> knowledge be nice? (I'm thinking dynamite & matches in the hands of
> monkeys).
>
> Um.... did that answer your question?
>
> ciao,
> Mark
> --
> ----------------------------------------
> Mark Rushton, Editor
> Community Support & Development
> Chebucto Community Network (CCN)
> <Mark@chebucto.ns.ca>
> <http://www.chebucto.ns.ca>
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