With or without slash, the redirect is OK for me on Firefox v2.0.0.11, Safari v1.32, Opera v9.25 on Mac, and Firefox v2.0.0.11, IE v6 on PC XP.
On Jan 9, 2008 2:57 PM, Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 09/01/2008, Michael Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It simply because http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology/ tries to > > redirect to > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm/ - note > > the trailing slash in both which makes it not work. > > Using Telnet to view the exact return by the server shows something > interesting. > /technology actually redirects to /technology/ > That would be why Firefox is adding a trialling /, it's what it is > being told to do. > Don't know how opera and IE are working. > > View the actual responses: > > > Connected to www.bbc.co.uk (212.58.253.70). > > GET /technology HTTP/1.1 > > HOST: www.bbc.co.uk > > > > HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently > > [snip] > > Location: http://www.bbc.co.uk/technology/ > > [snip] > > It's the BBC adding the trailing slash, not the browser. > > The most likely cause is that /technology is a directory so > technically a request for /technology is invalid, Apache appears to > auto-correct to /technology/ and then uses rewrite rules on the > subsequent request. > > If you want rewrite to apply to /technology make sure you don't have > your .htaccess in that folder as it won't see it till it gets the > /technology/ request. > > Oddly I swear it appeared to be fixed and then broke again. > > From outside the BBC a request to /technology/ is forbidden not > rewritten to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm/ as > suggested (at least not currently) > > Is someone playing with the server config files? > > Direct link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/default.stm still > works fine however. > > Andy > > > -- > Computers are like air conditioners. Both stop working, if you open windows. > -- Adam Heath > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
