On Sat, 20 May 2000 00:25:51 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> Why on earth can't Arachne handle the fact that DNS sometimes changes a
> URL to include a port designation? And isn't 80 the normal port one
> would expect for a top webpage?
> Places I want to go I can't get to ... not because of DNS problems but
> because Arachne absolutely refuses to even contact DNS if port 80 is
> part of the URL alphanumeric code. :<
Have a closer look at your URL line when this happens.
Unless I miss my guess, you'll see one of the following...
https://sitename:80/
javasri://sitename:80/
http://sitename:80/
^
|_notice the space before "http"
The last is as a result of a tag like this....
<a href=" http://sitename/">
_________^______
That space in the tag is what's messing it up.
Until Michael can find a solution to this problem, the work-around is
easy.... delete the space.<vbg>
I have also found this to be the cause of some "red boxes" where
images should be displayed.
<img src=" http://sitname/imagename.jpg">
__________^____
That space prevents Arachne from finding the correct URL for the image.
The same type of work-around can be used for this one.
1) right click on the "red box"
2) if you get the "Unknown protocol" message and there is
a space at the beginning of the URL, go back and use F4
to edit the page and delete that space from the URL of the image.
While on this subject, I might as well mention another "red box" cause.
http://sitename/index.html with an image tag such as this:
<img src="../imagename.jpg">
If we right click on the red box...... "Bad request" will result.
"../" is an attempt to access a directory below root.
(this is impossible)<g>
The same goes for this one...
http://sitename/pagename/default.asp with an image tag such as this:
<img src="../../imagename.jpg">
Again, this is an attempt to access a non-existent directory.
The first ../ takes us to http://pagename/ and the second one takes
us to http://
To simulate this at your own Dos command prompt:
Caldera OpenDOS 7.01
Copyright (c) 1976, 1997 Caldera, Inc.
All rights reserved.
LICENSED FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY
Type EXIT to return to Arachne
L:\ARACHNE>cd ..
Type EXIT to return to Arachne
L:\>cd ..
Invalid directory specified
Type EXIT to return to Arachne
L:\>cd arachne
Type EXIT to return to Arachne
L:\ARACHNE>exit
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