4 ms·

I'm not sure if you did it on purpose, but http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI works and is more in the spirit of the ar

I'm not sure if you did it on purpose, but http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI works and is more in the spirit of the article than http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html

mkopinsky 14y ago
However, http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI/ http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI/ does not work. I guess this makes some sense, but certainly violates the "typical" functionality on the web where trailing slashes are ignored.
- dullcrisp 14y ago
  That's not true everywhere. For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/.
  - notatoad 14y ago
    Obviously it isn't true everywhere, it's a convention not a hard rule. If Wikipedia were friendlier they'd do a redirect there instead of 404-ing.
    - m_for_monkey 14y ago
      There's a reason: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki///
- alanh 14y ago
  Agreed. That’s a rule I mention in my piece, “URL as UI”, which I really want everyone to read. (If it feels like self-promotion, then please kindly ignore my username / blog masthead. I only care about these ideas.) http://alanhogan.com/url-as-ui http://alanhogan.com/url-as-ui
  - adavies42 14y ago
    > Gracefully handle 404s. > [...] > Consider linking to your home page and/or site map [...] For a second I thought you were advocating redirecting 404s to the homepage, and I was about to flame you. I hate that one, and I think it's harmful enough that you probably ought to have a point about not doing it in that article.
- Zr40 14y ago
  Actually, this behavior you're referring to is a combination of trying to access a directory (to which a missing trailing slash is automatically appended) and the use of default pages (for Apache, that's the DirectoryIndex directive). Trailing slashes on files is not valid, because files are not directories.
s00pcan 14y ago
http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.anything http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.anything gives a menu of available extensions to choose from. For example, html.es for spanish.

mkopinsky 14y ago

However, http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI/ http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI/ does not work. I guess this makes some sense, but certainly violates the "typical" functionality on the web where trailing slashes are ignored.

dullcrisp 14y ago
That's not true everywhere. For example, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia/.
- notatoad 14y ago
  Obviously it isn't true everywhere, it's a convention not a hard rule. If Wikipedia were friendlier they'd do a redirect there instead of 404-ing.
  - m_for_monkey 14y ago
    There's a reason: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki///
alanh 14y ago
Agreed. That’s a rule I mention in my piece, “URL as UI”, which I really want everyone to read. (If it feels like self-promotion, then please kindly ignore my username / blog masthead. I only care about these ideas.) http://alanhogan.com/url-as-ui http://alanhogan.com/url-as-ui
- adavies42 14y ago
  > Gracefully handle 404s. > [...] > Consider linking to your home page and/or site map [...] For a second I thought you were advocating redirecting 404s to the homepage, and I was about to flame you. I hate that one, and I think it's harmful enough that you probably ought to have a point about not doing it in that article.
Zr40 14y ago
Actually, this behavior you're referring to is a combination of trying to access a directory (to which a missing trailing slash is automatically appended) and the use of default pages (for Apache, that's the DirectoryIndex directive). Trailing slashes on files is not valid, because files are not directories.

s00pcan 14y ago

http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.anything http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.anything gives a menu of available extensions to choose from. For example, html.es for spanish.