Re: .htm vs. .html

If you specify a file "whatever.htm" you won't get a file named
"whatever.html"
If you don't specify a file name at all and just put the directory name
you'll get index.htm or index.html, it doesn't matter which name it is.
The problem only happens if you give the complete filename with the wrong
extension.

howard



----- Original Message -----
From: Captain F.M. O'Lary <ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net>
To: Barbara Money <bmoney(at)naisp.net>; <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 8:34 PM
Subject: Re: .htm vs. .html


> Somebody else jump in here if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty much dead sure
that
> if a visitor *specifically* request any (public) file from your website by
> typing in the URL, they'll get it. Regardless of whether it has a .htm or
a
> .html extension.
>
> HTH,
> Fuzzy
>
>
> At 07:08 PM 2/6/01 -0500, Barbara Money wrote:
> >When I was working at a small company doing minor web sites, the boss
> >told me to save the main page as both index.html and index.htm. He said
> >it was because someone might type in the web page address with the .htm
> >extension, and get a 404 error. I did it, but I had all referring links
> >to the home page going to the .html file, so if anyone bookmarked it,
> >they'd always get the "correct" page. Is there a real point to doing
> >this or not?
> >
> >Barbara Money
> >The Essential Image
> >
> ______________________________________________________________
> Captain F.M. O'Lary
> webmaster(at)canopy.net
> If we're not supposed to eat late-night snacks, why is there a light in
the
> refrigerator?
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>

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