Citing the long URL also doesn't help if it is a dynamic url which some database websites use. Next time you do the same search, it will be a different URL.
Cheers, Jackie Ron Ferguson wrote: > Howland, > > You give too little information to be certain. The main URL is that of the > Home Page (often ~/index.html). It is the main URL because it should always > have the same name. Take my site http://www.fergys.co.uk/index.php is my > Home page but I would express it as http://www.fergys.co.uk/ when using it > as the URL for the main page, because a browser will always look for > "index". Not including "index.html" means that you can change the extension > of the Home page and the link will still work (I changed mine from html to > php a while back). > > Now if the page on which the detail I am citing is, say, my own page in the > pedigree pages on the above site then the URL is > http://www.fergys.co.uk/genealogy/1.php. Unlike the main URL this can > change, for example I may change the folder in which I hold my pedigree > pages, in which case the URL would fail and you would be taken to an Error > Page. > > So, to accurately state a URL it is necessary to cite both the main URL and > the page URL, the former so that if the latter fails one can search from the > Home Page. Doesn't help if the page has been deleted though <grin> > > Ron Ferguson > _____________________________________________________ > > *New* Tutorial: Add Location Pins to Google Earth > http://www.fergys.co.uk/ > Includes the family tree for Alan J Grimshaw > And the Fergusons of N.W. England > ____________________________________________________ > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 08 June 2010 22:22 > Subject: [LegacyUG] Main URL > > > In using SourceWriter and sourcing a web site, I am asked to put in the > main URL. If my entire URL is http://www.seacoastnh.com/women/thaxter.html > , is that what I put in or do I write in only to the first / or something > else? I know that I can put in whatever I want but be consistent, etc., but > what are your thoughts on what the main URL is? > > Howland Davis > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
