How do I? "www.xyz.com/test" instead of "www.xyz.com/test.htm&quo

[prophotodx]

Is there a simple way to make a document on a site come up without typing the text ".htm" or ".html"??

I have tried to create a document and then not type in the extension but it does not work.....I am sure I am missing something but not sure what it is...

THANKS!!

 

[Vragabond]

The '

http://www.xyz.com/test'

would be read as referring to a folder rather than a file, so yes, it is possible. On your server there are certain files, (index.html, default.html, home.html) which are read automatically when a folder is called and no file. For example,

http://www.google.com/

is actually

http://www.google.com/index.html.

If you find out which files your server parses as default page you can create a subfolder on your root called 'test' and then put that html file in that folder and call it with the syntax mentioned above. Hope it helps.

 

[deecee]

so you mean the browser must differentiate between

test.htm, test.php, test.jsp, test.html, test.shtml, test.dhtml, test.cgi and the many other extensions there are

i didnt know typing in ".htm" was such a grand effort on anyones part.

zzzzzz

 

[Wullie]

As decree mentioned, this can cause a performance hit on the server not to mention problems if there are more than 1 file with the same name but different extensions.

If you need to do this, use a subdirectory or create an Alias that points to a specific file, don't use negotiation methods for files unless there is a very good reason.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[pixl8r]

If you have control over the server you can just set what file(s) it looks at by default and in what order it looks at them with no difficulty at all. On a MS server it is accomplished through IIS.

The standard default names for most hosting companies are index.htm, index.html, default.htm, default.html. If you are using a scripting language they probably also support the extension for that language. Example: default.asp, default.cfm, default.php etc...

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!