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switching between ssl and non-ssl using relative links
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BillyRayPreachersSon
Programmer
I've not tried this, but it might work:
From https to http:
From http to https:
Dan
[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
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From https to http:
Code:
<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://./somepage.html">link</a>[/URL]From http to https:
Code:
<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]https://./somepage.html">link</a>[/URL]Dan
[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
BillyRayPreachersSon
Programmer
Hmm.. you might try it without the initial "./" - it might work, too.
Dan
[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
Dan
[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
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I don't think there's any way to do it.
Returning to first principles, a URL consists of a series of parts, from left to right (these might not be the official names for them):
[ol]
[li]Scheme: " (or " "ftp://" etc.)[/li]
[li]Server: "www.tektips.com"[/li]
[li]Port (optional): ":80"[/li]
[li]Path: "/"[/li]
[li]Page: "viewthread.cfm"[/li]
[li]Query: "?qid=1080777&nx=1"[/li]
[li]Fragment: "#newpost"[/li]
[/ol]
You can write an absolute URL by entering all these values (well, all the ones that apply anyway).
If you make a relative URL by only writing some of the values, values further down the list (right) of those you specify will be set to nothing, those further up (left) of your values will be set equal to the current page. So if you put a link to "mypage.htm", it inherits the scheme, server, port and path from the current page and sets the query and fragment to nothing.
So, returning to the original question: there's no way to write a relative URL from an https: to a http: address, because if you specify a new scheme, you have to specify everything else.
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
Returning to first principles, a URL consists of a series of parts, from left to right (these might not be the official names for them):
[ol]
[li]Scheme: " (or " "ftp://" etc.)[/li]
[li]Server: "www.tektips.com"[/li]
[li]Port (optional): ":80"[/li]
[li]Path: "/"[/li]
[li]Page: "viewthread.cfm"[/li]
[li]Query: "?qid=1080777&nx=1"[/li]
[li]Fragment: "#newpost"[/li]
[/ol]
You can write an absolute URL by entering all these values (well, all the ones that apply anyway).
If you make a relative URL by only writing some of the values, values further down the list (right) of those you specify will be set to nothing, those further up (left) of your values will be set equal to the current page. So if you put a link to "mypage.htm", it inherits the scheme, server, port and path from the current page and sets the query and fragment to nothing.
So, returning to the original question: there's no way to write a relative URL from an https: to a http: address, because if you specify a new scheme, you have to specify everything else.
-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd
BillyRayPreachersSon
Programmer
You can do it with JavaScript, it seems. I'm not sure that this solution is all that practical for anything other than a known target audience (intranet, etc), but it might be a solution that is good for you.
Dan
[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
Code:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function setupLinks() {
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName('a');
for (var loop=0; loop<anchors.length; loop++) {
if ((' ' + anchors[loop].className + ' ').indexOf(' http ') != -1) anchors[loop].protocol = 'http:';
else if ((' ' + anchors[loop].className + ' ').indexOf(' https ') != -1) anchors[loop].protocol = 'https:';
}
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body onload="setupLinks();">
<a href="page1.html" class="http">Unsecure Link</a>
<a href="page1.html" class="https">Secure Link</a>
</body>
</html>Dan
[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
Could the URL be rewritten based on referrer or some other detectable parameter?
Perhaps using ModRewrite and htaccess files with Apache?
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Perhaps using ModRewrite and htaccess files with Apache?
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