At 03:01 13-03-00 , Erwin wrote:
>does the browser treat "erwnerve.tripod.com" same as 
>"erwnerve.tripod.com/index.htm" (and therefore loads 
>it from cache) or does it reload it?

They are distinct URLs, and the browser has no way of knowing that they are
the same. A browser can't even presume common practices such as the use of
index.html, and certainly not variations on the theme such as you describe.

If you use variations of a URL, such as index.htm and INDEX.htm and
INDEX.HTM, despite the fact that some servers might choose to not know any
difference, a Web browser also has no choice but to treat them as distinct
URLs for caching purposes. Similarly for the order of parameters such as
?foo=a&bar=b in contrast with ?bar=b&foo=a .

>If they're not treated as same, any tips on how I can work around it?

Use the same path and name in all cases, either explicit or default.
Personally, generally I don't care, since the entry page ideally is
relatively short, but it might distort the presentation of
visited/not-visited anchor links.

As far as local work, I'd suggest anybody creating any Web pages, and
certainly anything more than a few pages of photos of the grandchildren, to
run a local Web server. I'd recommend Apache for either UN*X or Windows
(and defer to other for Mac).

Apache is easy to install and administer, efficient of system resources,
and full-feature in the ways you need it. (This in contrast with PWS, which
inspires flurries of befuddled queries to various discussion lists, has a
bloatware view of resources, and is a very-much crippled version of IIS.)

>(Pls cc to erwmag(at)email.com since I'm on the digest.)

Of course, a courtesy copy is an appropriate courtesy. <g>

Safe computing,  /Harold
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